Wireless Security; Wired Equivalent Privacy (Wep) - D-Link NUCLIAS CONNECT DAP-2680 User Manual

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Wireless security is a key concern for any wireless network installed. Unlike any other networking method wireless networks will broadcast its
presence for anyone to connect to it. Today, wireless security has advanced to a level where it is virtually impenetrable.
There are mainly two forms of wireless encryption and they are called Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). WEP was
the first security method developed. It is a low level encryption but better than no encryption. WPA is the newest encryption standard and with
the advanced WPA2 standard wireless networks have finally reach a point where the security is strong enough to give users the peace of mind
when installing wireless networks.
WEP provides two variations called Open System and Shared Key.
y Open System will send a request to the access point and if the key used matches the one configured on the access point, the access point will
return a success message back to the wireless client. If the key does not match the one configured on the access point, the access point will deny
the connection request from the wireless client.
y Shared Key will send a request to the access point and if the key used matches the one configured on the access point, the access point will
send a challenge to the client. The client will then again send a confirmation of the same key back to the access point where the access point will
either return a successful or a denial packet back to the wireless client.
Encryption
Click the radio button to disable or enable
encryption.
Key Type Click the drop-down menu to select HEX* or
ASCII**.
Key Size Click the drop-down menu to select 64 Bits or
128 Bits.
Key Index (1~4) Click the drop-down menu to select one of the
1st through the 4th key to be the active key.
Network Key Input the characters which will define the
network key.
Confirm Key
Re-enter the value as entered in the Network
Key to confirm the setting.
Save
Click to save the updated configuration.
To make the updates permanent, click
Configuration > Save and Activate.
* Hexadecimal (HEX) digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F.
** ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a code that represents English letters
using numbers ranging from 0-127.
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