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Securing your Wireless Network
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128-Bit WEP Encryption
1. Select฀“128-bit฀WEP”฀from฀the฀drop-down฀menu.
2. After฀selecting฀your฀WEP฀encryption฀mode,฀you฀can฀enter฀your฀
key฀manually฀by฀typing฀in฀the฀hex฀key฀manually,฀or฀you฀can฀type฀
in฀a฀passphrase฀in฀the฀“Passphrase”฀field฀and฀click฀“Generate”฀to฀
create฀a฀key.
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฀keys.
For฀instance:
C3030FAF0F4BB2C3D44BC3D4E7฀=฀128-bit฀WEP฀key
3.฀฀ Click฀“Apply฀Changes”฀to฀finish.฀Encryption฀in฀the฀wireless฀router฀
or฀access฀point฀is฀now฀set.฀Each฀of฀the฀computers฀on฀your฀
wireless฀network฀will฀now฀need฀to฀be฀configured฀with฀the฀same฀
security฀settings.
WARNING: If฀you฀are฀using฀a฀wireless฀client฀to฀turn฀on฀the฀security฀
settings฀in฀your฀wireless฀router฀or฀access฀point,฀you฀will฀temporarily฀
lose฀your฀wireless฀connection฀until฀you฀activate฀security฀on฀your฀
wireless฀client.