Selecting An Existing Wep Key - Cisco AIR-PCM340 Installation And Configuration Manual

Security Options for Mac OS X
Step 4 Decide on a WEP key and enter it in the blank field for the key you are creating. Follow the guidelines
below to create a new WEP key:
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Step 5 Click Transmit Key next to the key you want to use to transmit packets.
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Click Apply when you have finished entering WEP keys.
Step 6
To enable WEP, follow the instructions in the

Selecting an Existing WEP Key

If you want an existing WEP key to be used with your client adapter, follow the instructions below.
If the client utility is not active on your desktop perform the following steps:
Step 1
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Your client adapter's WEP key must match the WEP key used by the access point or clients with
which you are planning to communicate.
When setting more than one WEP key, the WEP keys must be assigned to the same WEP key
numbers (1 to 4) for all devices.
WEP keys can be comprised of ASCII text or hexadecimal characters, depending on the option you
selected in Step 3.
WEP keys must contain the following number of characters
– For 128-bit ASCII WEP keys, use 13 ASCII characters
– For 128-bit hexadecimal WEP keys, use 26 hexadecimal characters
– For 40-bit ASCII WEP keys, use 5 ASCII characters
For 40-bit hexadecimal WEP keys, use 10 hexadecimal characters
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You must enter the number of characters shown above because the client utility does not fill
the WEP key with zeros or nulls. The client utility also uses the number of characters entered
to determine 40-bit or 128-bit WEP keys.
Only one WEP key can be selected as the Transmit Key.
You can delete an existing WEP key by selecting the Clear Key check box to the right of the
key.
From the Finder menu bar on the top of the screen, select Go and click Applications (see
Figure 4-10). The Applications window appears.
Double-click the Aironet Client Utility icon. The client utility screen appears, and the computer
searches for the client adapter radio. After the radio is found, the basic properties screen appears.
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