Wep (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - NETGEAR CBVG834G Adminstrators User Manual

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WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

To configure WEP data encryption:
1. From the Wireless Settings screen, select WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64-bit
encryption or use the default setting WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 128-bit encryption.
Figure 2-2
2. In the Authentication drop-down list, select Open System or Shared Key, or select Shared
Key.
3. If you use encryption keys, enter them. These values must be identical on all computers in
your network. There are two ways to enter the keys:
• Passphrase: Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase field, and
then click Generate. The Key1 through Key4 fields are populated with key values.
• Manual: Enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F)
Select which of the four keys will be the default.
See the link to the online document
explanation of each of these options, as defined by the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication
standard.
4. Click Apply to save your settings.
Wireless Configuration
"Wireless Communications:" in Appendix B
v1.0, February 2008
for a full
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