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Chapter 5 Utility Overview Page 52
Security Settings
Wireless LAN security is vital to your network to protect wireless communications against
hacker entering your system and prevent unauthorized wireless station from accessing data
transmitted over the network; the WLAN Utility offers a sophisticated security algorithm.
Select
Security. A privacy Configuration window will appear as below.
Figure 71 Security Settings
If you do not enable any wireless security on your IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter,
the wireless communication is accessible by any wireless networking device that is in the
coverage area.
Data Encryption with WEP
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption scrambles all data packets transmitted between
the wireless LAN adapter and the AP or other wireless station to keep network communication
private.
Both the wireless stations and the access points must use the same WEP key for data
encryption and decryption.