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Activating security options

In the Configuration – Security tab, the default security mode is Disabled. You can use

this to register on all wireless networks which do not use encryption for data transfer.

If you would like to register on a wireless network where registration is checked and data

transfer is encrypted, you must activate the security options of your Gigaset PC Card 54.

Select the security mode in the pop-up window Security:

– WEP (see page 25)

– WPA-PSK (see page 27)

WPA-PSK offers greater protection for your network than WEP. You should therefore

use WPA-PSK for registration if all components in your network support this.

A window opens to configure the mode.

WEP

For the Authentication select the default setting Open. The setting Shared is nor-

mally only used in networks with authentication. Contact your administrator for

more information.

In the Key Length field, select the required length of the WEP key.

Note that all components in a network must use the same key length to be able to

communicate with each other.

Use a key of length 128 bit if all network components support this. This offers

greater protection for the data in your network.

Configuring Gigaset PC Card 54

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