User's Manual

ezWAVE Access Point Users’ Guide Version 1.6

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clients must use data encryption when communicating with this Access Point.

• WEP Exclude: WEP Exclude option makes the Access Point service a client that does

not use WEP function.

• WEP Generation: There are two ways to generate the WEP key. One is by entering

any text in the Passphrase. The other way is by entering Key value directly from the

keyboard. In this case, you can insert any character string.

• Passphrase: This field allows you to enter any character string to generate Key value.

• Key1,2,3and4: These fields allow you to enter the WEP keys. Type ten

hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F) for 64-bit WEP keys. To

protect WEP key security, existing WEP keys do not appear in the entry fields. You

can write over existing keys, but you cannot edit or delete them.

Caution

The WEP keys for your network must be set exactly the same as your Access Points

and your PC LAN cards. The same value must be assigned to Key 1 on both the Access

Point and the PC LAN cards, the same value must be assigned to Key 2 on both the

Access Point and the PC LAN cards, and so on, for all four WEP keys. For example, if

you set WEP Key 3 on your Access Point to 0987654321 and select it as the active key,

you must also set WEP Key 3 on the PC cards to the same value and select Key 3 as

theactivekey.

• WEP Default Key: You can choose one of four WEP Keys that have been generated

above step.

• Link Quality: When the Access Point functions as a wireless LAN bridge, it shows link