Nokia A032 User Manual page 145

is used to determine the access point's WEP key
policy.
Note that the selected key length policy does
not affect the size of the keys which can be
entered and stored in the Nokia A032. Even if
you have selected the use of 40-bit keys, it is
possible to enter and store 128-bit keys (16
bytes) in the access point. However, keys which
fall outside the current key length policy are
considered to be invalid by the access point and
will not result in successful authentication.
The Nokia A032 supports three WEP key
policies: Normal, Strong and Custom.
• Normal mode – all keys must be 40 bits (5
bytes) long. This is also IEEE802.11-
compatible mode
• Strong mode – all keys must by 128 bits (16
bytes) long. This is the highest security
mode.
• Custom mode – other key lengths, or ranges
of key lengths, can be used. When Custom
WEP key policy is selected, the
administrator must also select a key length
range by specifying and minimum and
maximum value. Suppose for example the
range is defined as 40 – 128 bits. In this
case any key size in the range will be
authenticated providing both the content
and the length of the key stored in the
access point matches that in the wireless
client.
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