Linksys WAP11 - Instant Wireless Network Access Point User Manual page 10

8. The Security screen (Figure 5-7) will appear next. From this screen, you
will set the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption for your wireless
network. Select a level of WEP encryption and enter a passphrase. Click the
Next button to continue or Back to return to the previous page.
• WEP. In order to utilize WEP encryption, select the WEP setting from
the pull-down menu, 64-bit (10 hex digits) or 128-bit (26 hex digits). If
you do not wish to utilize WEP encryption, make sure Disabled is select-
ed. The Access Point's WEP encryption is unique to Linksys and may
conflict with other vendors' WEP encryption.
• Passphrase. Instead of manually entering WEP keys, you can enter a
Passphrase. This Passphrase is used to generate one or more WEP keys.
It is case-sensitive and should not be longer than 16 alphanumeric char-
acters. (The Passphrase function is compatible with Linksys wireless
products only. If you want to communicate with non-Linksys wireless
products, you will need to enter your WEP keys manually on the non-
Linksys wireless products.)
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Figure 5-7
9. The second Security screen, shown in Figure 5-8, shows the WEP key. If
you entered a passphrase, then the Key 1 field will display the automatical-
ly generated WEP key. If you did not enter a passphrase, then enter a WEP
key in the Key 1 field. Each device in your wireless network must use the
same WEP key for the network to function properly. Click the Next button
to continue or Back to return to the previous page.
Figure 5-8
• Key 1. WEP keys enable you to create an encryption scheme for wire-
less LAN transmissions. If the WEP key hasn't been automatically gen-
erated, then manually enter a set of values. (Do not leave the field blank,
and do not enter all zeroes. These are not valid key values.) If you are
using 64-bit WEP encryption, then each key must consist of exactly 10
hexadecimal characters. If you are using 128-bit WEP encryption, then
each key must consist of exactly 26 hexadecimal characters. Valid hexa-
decimal characters are "0"-"9" and "A"-"F".
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