Wep Encryption - ZyXEL Communications P-660HW-Tx v3 User Manual

Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

7.2.2 WEP Encryption

Use this screen to configure and enable WEP encryption. Click Network >
Wireless LAN to display the AP screen. Select Static WEP from the Security
Mode list.
Note: WEP is extremely insecure. Its encryption can be broken by an attacker, using
widely-available software. It is strongly recommended that you use a more
effective security mechanism. Use the strongest security mechanism that all the
wireless devices in your network support. For example, use WPA-PSK or
WPA2-PSK if all your wireless devices support it, or use WPA or WPA2 if your
wireless devices support it and you have a RADIUS server. If your wireless
devices support nothing stronger than WEP, use the highest encryption level
available.
Figure 31 Network > Wireless LAN > AP: Static WEP
The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.
Table 24 Network > Wireless LAN > AP: Static WEP
LABEL
Security
Mode
Passphrase
WEP Key
134
DESCRIPTION
Choose Static WEP from the drop-down list box.
Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters
(including spaces and symbols) and click Generate. The ZyXEL Device
automatically generates a 40-bit WEP key.
The WEP key is used to encrypt data. Both the ZyXEL Device and the
wireless stations must use the same WEP key for data transmission.
If you want to manually set the WEP key, enter any 5 (64-bit) or 13 (128-
bit) characters (ASCII string) or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9",
lowercase "a-f") for a 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key respectively.
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