Advanced Settings - NETGEAR MA521 User Manual

This table describes the options available from the Security section:
Security
Enable Encryption
Create with
Passphrase
Manual Entry
Key Length
Key1
Key2
Key3
Key4

Advanced Settings

The advanced settings give you flexibility to control your
MA521 card to adjust with an access point or other client
devices in certain environment.
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Description
Enables the data encryption for the wireless node. If you disable the
data encryption (by unchecking the box) then no encryption method
will be used; this is also called Open System data encryption. To enable
encryption is to use the Shared Key data encryption method.
A Passphrase is use to automatically generate the WEP hexadecimal
numbers for the key. If your wireless network Access Point uses a
Passphrase, you can use that here.
Once you type in the Passphrase, the generated key will be shown
before you click OK or Apply button.
The WEP hexadecimal numbers are needed if a Passphrase is not used
in the wireless Access Point but rather if the key is manually entered.
The key length must be the same between all wireless nodes and Access
Points in the same network. The possible values for the data encryption
level are 64-bit and 128-bit. The 64-bit data encryption is also called
40-bit data encryption by some vendors.
The MA521 device uses a selected WEP key to encrypt and decrypt
information. When set to 64-bit (also called 40-bit), or 128-bit data
encryption mode, you may specify up to four different keys to encrypt
wireless data.
Select one of the keys as a default key.