Using Wep - Ruckus Wireless ZoneFlex 2741 User Manual

Configuring the Access Point
Configuring Wireless Settings

Using WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security algorithm for 802.11 wireless networks
designed to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a wired network. WEP
uses a pre-shared key for encrypting data frames that is shared among all users of the
wireless network. For this reason and others, WEP has been discredited as a security
mechanism and should be avoided in favor of WPA if at all possible.
WEP encryption has been proven to be easily circumvented. Therefore,
CAUTION:
Ruckus Wireless recommends using WPA whenever possible, and only use WEP if your
client devices do not support WPA.
CAUTION: Using WEP encryption limits the performance of the AP to 802.11g rates.
If you select WEP encryption for a WLAN, wireless devices that are capable of faster
802.11n transfer rates will be limited to 802.11g rates.
Figure 26. WEP settings
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