Configuring Wep Encryption Security - NETGEAR MA401 Reference Manual

Reference Guide for the Model MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card

Configuring WEP Encryption Security

The MA401 PC Card allows you to restrict access to your wireless network based
on WEP keywords. Following the steps below to perform this procedure.
Run the Config Utility and select the Encryption tab page.
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Figure 3-2: Configuring WEP Encryption
Select the WEP encryption strength you will use. The choices are:
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• 64-bit WEP data encryption
• 128-bit WEP data encryption
Note: A larger encryption key requires more processing to encode/decode
the messages. Larger encryption key lengths may slow the
communications process response times.
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