NETGEAR MR314 Reference Manual page 103

The 128-bit WEP data encryption method consists of 104 user-configurable bits. Similar to the
forty-bit WEP data encryption method, the remaining 24 bits are factory set and not user
configurable. Some vendors allow passphrases to be entered instead of the cryptic hexadecimal
characters to ease encryption key entry.
IEEE 802.11 wireless nodes communicate with each other using radio frequency signals in the
ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) band between 2.4Ghz and 2.5Ghz. Neighboring
channels are 5Mhz apart. However, due to spread spectrum effect of the signals, a node sending
signals using a particular channel will utilize frequency spectrum12.5Mhz above and below the
center channel frequency. As a result, two separate wireless networks using neighboring channels
(for example, channel 1 and channel 2) in the same general vicinity will interfere with each other.
Applying two channels that allow the maximum channel separation will decrease the amount of
channel cross-talk, and provide a noticeable performance increase over networks with minimal
channel separation.
The radio frequency channels used are listed in
1 2412Mhz
2 2417Mhz
3 2422Mhz
4 2427Mhz
5 2432Mhz
6 2437Mhz
7 2442Mhz
8 2447Mhz
9 2452Mhz
10 2457Mhz
11 2462Mhz
12 2467Mhz
13 2472Mhz
Table
2399.5Mhz - 2424.5Mhz
2404.5Mhz - 2429.5Mhz
2409.5Mhz - 2434.5Mhz
2414.5Mhz - 2439.5Mhz
2419.5Mhz - 2444.5Mhz
2424.5Mhz - 2449.5Mhz
2429.5Mhz - 2454.5Mhz
2434.5Mhz - 2459.5Mhz
2439.5Mhz - 2464.5Mhz
2444.5Mhz - 2469.5Mhz
2449.5Mhz - 2474.5Mhz
2454.5Mhz - 2479.5Mhz
2459.5Mhz - 2484.5Mhz
B-3: