Cisco Small Business RV315W Administration Manual page 52

Port Management
Configuring WLAN
Cisco RV315W Broadband Wireless VPN Router Administration Guide
Security Mode
WEP
Configuration
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a data encryption
protocol for 802. 1 1 wireless networks. All wireless
stations and SSIDs on the network are configured with a
static 64-bit or 128-bit shared key for data encryption.
The higher the bit for data encryption, the more secure for
your network.
WEP encryption is an older encryption method that is not
considered to be secure and can easily be broken.
Choose this option only if you need to allow access to
devices that do not support WPA or WPA2.
If you choose this option, enter the following information:
• Authentication Type: Choose either Open System
or Shared key. The default is Open System.
• Encryption: Choose the encryption type: 64 bits
(10 hex digits), 64 bits (5 ASCII), 128 bits (26 hex
digits), or 128 bits (13 ASCII). The default is 64 bits
(10 hex digits). The larger size keys provide
stronger encryption, thus making the key more
difficult to crack.
• Passphrase: If you want to generate WEP keys by
using a Passphrase, enter any alphanumeric phrase
(between 4 to 63 characters) and then click
Generate to generate 4 unique WEP keys. Select
one key to use as the key that devices must have to
use the wireless network.
• Default Transmit Key: Choose a key index as the
default transmit key. Key indexes 1 through 4 are
available.
• Key 1-4: If a WEP Passphrase is not specified, a
key can be entered directly into one of the Key
boxes. The length of the key should be 5 ASCII
characters (or 10 hex characters) for 64-bit
encryption and 13 ASCII characters (or 26 hex
characters) for 128-bit encryption.
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