Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.02.xx and greater

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Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)
Configuring a WLAN
Figure 4-31. Configuring a Static WEP Key
5. Specify the static key.
The Wireless Edge Services xl Module provides several options for con-
figuring static keys:
• It can automatically generate four hex keys from a manually entered
pass key.
Enter a string from 4 to 32 characters in the Pass Key field and click
the Generate button.
As shown in Figure 4-31, the Wireless Edge Services xl Module then
creates four different keys, which automatically appear in the Key
fields. Note that these keys are in hexadecimal. Wireless users can
enter the keys in this form, or you can convert the hex number to an
ASCII string and tell users that string.
• You can manually enter up to four hex keys.
• You can manually enter up to four ASCII keys.
If you want to set one or more of the four keys yourself, simply move
your cursor to the field for that key and enter the key. You can enter
the key in hexadecimal (the first field) or in ASCII (the second field).
If you want, you can specify some keys in hexadecimal and others in
ASCII. You can also generate four keys from a pass key, and then
change one or more of the keys.