Static Wep; Table 16: Static Wep - D-Link DWL-8600AP Administrator's Manual

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Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a data encryption protocol for 802.11 wireless networks. All wireless stations and APs on
the network are configured with a static 64-bit (40-bit secret key + 24-bit initialization vector (IV)) or 128-bit (104-bit secret
key + 24-bit IV) Shared Key for data encryption.
Static WEP is not the most secure mode available, but it offers more protection than setting the security mode to None (Plain-
text) as it does prevent an outsider from easily sniffing out unencrypted wireless traffic.
WEP encrypts data moving across the wireless network based on a static key. (The encryption algorithm is a stream cipher
called RC4.)
Field Description
Transfer Key Index Select a key index from the drop-down menu. Key indexes 1 through 4 are available. The default is 1.
The Transfer Key Index indicates which WEP key the AP will use to encrypt the data it transmits.
Key Length Specify the length of the key by clicking one of the radio buttons:
• 64 bits
• 128 bits
Key Type Select the key type by clicking one of the radio buttons:
• ASCII
• Hex
WEP Keys You can specify up to four WEP keys. In each text box, enter a string of characters for each key. The
keys you enter depend on the key type selected:
• ASCII—Includes upper and lower case alphabetic letters, the numeric digits, and special symbols
• Hex—Includes digits 0 to 9 and the letters A to F.
Use the same number of characters for each key as specified in the Characters Required field.
These are the RC4 WEP keys shared with the stations using the AP.
Each client station must be configured to use one of these same WEP keys in the same slot as
specified here on the AP.
Characters Required: The number of characters you enter into the WEP Key fields is determined
by the Key length and Key type you select. For example, if you use 128-bit ASCII keys, you must
enter 26 characters in the WEP key. The number of characters required updates automatically
based on how you set Key Length and Key Type.
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Table 16: Static WEP

such as @ and #.
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