Wep Key Size; Default Key - Proxim Harmony 8550 Manual

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Shared Key Authentication. If one device is configured to use Shared Key Authentica-

tion but a second device is not, then the two devices will not communicate, even if both

devices have the same WEP Keys.

When set to Authentication and Encryption, the Access Point uses WEP to encrypt

and decrypt both authentication messages and data packets.

Note:

When the Harmony 802.11b Access Point is configured to Use WEP for

Authentication and Encryption, all of the other 802.11b devices on the same

network must use WEP both during authentication (Shared Key Authentica-

tion) and to encrypt data.

All 802.11 Access Points and 802.11b client adapters within an ESS must have the same

encryption level and use the same WEP Key to communicate.

WEP Key Size

The Harmony 802.11b Access Point supports both 40 and 128-bit encryption using the

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm. 128-bit encryption is available only in the

United States.

Select the type of encryption you want to use (40 or 128 bit) and configure one to four

WEP Keys.

Each Access Point can store four 40-bit or four 128-bit WEP Keys.

You must select one of these four keys as the default key that the Access Point will use

to encrypt and decrypt authentication packets and data.

Default Key 1, the default setting, corresponds to WEP Key 1 (either the 40-bit or

128-bit key, depending on the configured WEP Key Size).

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