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4. Click "Apply" to finish. Encryption in the Router is now set. Each of your
computers on your wireless network will now need to be configured with the
same security settings. WARNING: If you are configuring the Wireless Router
or access point from a computer with a wireless client, you will lose your
connection until you enable security on your wireless client. Please be sure to
write down your key before applying changes
128-Bit WEP
As a result of 64-bit WEP's potential security weaknesses, 128Bit WEP was
developed as a more secure method of encryption. 128-bit encryption
includes a key length of 104 bits plus 24 additional bits of system-generated
data (128 bits total). Some hardware manufacturers refer to 128-bit as 104-bit
encryption.
Most of the new wireless equipment in the market today supports both
64-bit and 128-bit WEP encryption, but you might have older equipment
that only supports 64-bit WEP. All Buffalo wireless products will support both
64-bit and 128-bit WEP.
1. Select "128-bit WEP" from the drop-down menu.
2. Default Transmit Key - Specify the transmit key here. For 128-bit WEP, make
sure this control is set to key 1.
3. After selecting your WEP encryption mode, you can enter your key by typ-
ing in the hex key manually. A hex (hexadecimal) key is a mixture of numbers
and letters from A–F and 0–9. For 128-bit WEP, you need to enter 26 hex
characters, (For instance:C3 03 0F AF 0F 4B B2 C3 D4 4B C3 D4 E7 = 128-bit
WEP key), or 13 keyboard characters.
4. Click "Apply" to finish. Encryption in the Router is now set. Each of your
computers on your wireless network will now need to be configured with the
same security settings.
Setting WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK Encryption
For WPA-PSK, all devices must use the same Encryption setting, either TKIP or
AES, and all clients must use the option selected here. For WPA2-PSK, you can
set Encryption to AES or to "TKIP or AES. " TKIP is the Temporal Key Integrity
Protocol; AES is the Advanced Encryption Standard.
1. Select "WPA-PSK" or "WPA2-PSK" from the drop-down menu.
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