3Com 3CRWE554G72T - OfficeConnect Wireless 11g Cable/DSL Router User Manual page 58

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HAPTER OUTER ONFIGURATION
Encryption Keys
Figure 39 128 bit Encryption Keys Screen - WEP configuration
Figure 40 40 bit/64 bit Encryption Keys Screen - WEP Configuration
A Key is a hexadecimal (0-9, A-F) number used to encrypt and decrypt the
data. There can be up to 4 keys and each key can be as long as 26 digits.
The Router also offers a number of methods for converting plain text into
hex keys. The text is much easier to remember than hex keys but it relies