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Actiontec Wireless-Ready DSL Gateway User Manual
Channel
Channel assigns the frequency band at which the Gateway communicates. In the
United States, use channels
Wireless Equivalent Privacy
Wireless Equivalent Privacy (
standard to ensure data security over wireless networks. The Gateway offers three
levels of
: Off,
WEP
64
secure your wireless connection.
Off
Selecting Off disables encryption. Selecting this option allows any computer with
wireless capability and the correct
64-bit WEP
-bit
requires four separate keys. Each key comprises five hexadecimal
64
WEP
digit pairs. A hexadecimal digit consists of an alphanumeric character ranging
from
or
. An example of a
0-9
A-F
set of
-bit
64
WEP
(Key 1-, Key 2-, Key 3-, Key 4-). After activating
computer with wireless capability can join the network only if these same keys
are entered in the computer's wireless encryption scheme.
1. (The factory default value is set to
1-1
) is an encryption method used with the
WEP
-bit, and
-bit. Qwest recommends setting up WEP to
128
ESSID
-bit
64
keys, enter five hexadecimal digit pairs in each Key text box
value to join the wireless network.
key is:
WEP
4E-A3-3D-68-72
-bit
64
WEP
58
.)
1
b
802.11
. To create a
on the Gateway, a
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