ActionTec GT704WG User Manual page 27

This generates the "Wireless Advanced Settings" screen. In this screen, the security of
the wireless network can be activated and fortified.
Wireless Security
The first section of the Wireless Advanced Settings screen involves wireless security
(securing wireless traffic as it transmits through the air). The Gateway offers three
types of wireless security: WEP, WEP+802.1x, and WPA.
WEP
Selecting WEP in the Wireless Advanced Settings screen generates the "
screen. Here, the authentication type, encryption level, and WEP keys are entered
to activate
network.
Authentication Type - There are three authentication types: Open, Shared, and
Both. Open authenticaton allows any wireless-enabled device to recognize the
network, even if the
devices with the correct
64-bit
decimal pairs. One key (Key 1) is automatically generated by the Gateway at startup,
based on the Gateway's
bottom of the Gateway. A hexadecimal digit consists of an alphanumeric character
ranging from
create a new set of 64-bit
appropriate circles, then enter five hexadecimal digit pairs in each activated Key text
box (Key 1-, Key 2-, Key 3-, Key 4-). After activating 64-bit
wireless capability can join the network only if these same keys are entered in the
computer's wireless encryption scheme.
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(Wired Equivalent Privacy) security encryption for the wireless
WEP
key is invalid. Shared allows only wireless-enabled
WEP
WEP
- 64-bit
requires one or more keys, each key comprising
WEP WEP
address. This key is also displayed on a sticker on the
MAC
- or . An example of a 64-bit
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WEP
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key to recognize the network.
key is: 4
WEP
keys, activate one or more keys by clicking in the
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