NETGEAR DG834GUv5 Reference Manual page 48

DG834G Reference Manual
• Security Options
Table 4-1. Wireless Security Options
Field Description
Disable
Wireless security is not used.
WEP (Wired
You can select the following WEP options:
Equivalent
Privacy)
Authentication Type
• Open: the DG834G does not perform any authentication.
• Shared: WEP shared key authentication. For a full explanation of WEP shared key,
see
Encryption Strength
• If Shared or Open Network Authentication is enabled, you can choose 64- or 128-bit
WEP data encryption.
Note: With Open Network Authentication and 64- or 128-bit WEP Data Encryption, the
DG834G does perform 64- or 128-bit data encryption but does not perform any
authentication.
Security Encryption (WEP) Key
These key values must be identical on all wireless devices in your network (key 1 must
be the same for all, key 2 must be the same for all, and so on).
The DG834G provides two methods for creating WEP encryption keys:
• Passphrase. These characters are case sensitive. Enter a word or group of printable
characters in the Passphrase box and click the Generate button.
Note: Not all wireless adapters support passphrase key generation.
• Manual. These values are not case sensitive.
64-bit WEP: enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F).
128-bit WEP: enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F).
WPA-PSK (Wi- WPA Pre-Shared-Key uses a pre-shared key to perform the authentication and
Fi Protected generate the initial data encryption keys. Then, it dynamically varies the encryption key.
Access Pre- For a full explanation of WPA, see
Shared Key)
Note: Not all wireless adapters support WPA. Furthermore, client software is required
on the client. Windows XP and Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 do include the client
software that supports WPA. Nevertheless, the wireless adapter hardware and driver
must also support WPA.
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"Wireless Communications:" on page
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"Wireless Communications:" on page A-1.
Wireless Configuration