User Manual

Figure 3-8 A typical screen of the Monitor Utility in Ad-hoc Mode

Encryption

By choosing this option in any of the two operational modes, you can set four different WEP keys and specify

which one of them to use. First, either enable or disable encryption from the appropriate “Encryption” field (see

Figure 3-9 below). If you decide to use encryption, you can choose any of the available WEP keys (1 to 4). You

also have the option to select the WEP mode (Mandatory/Optional). If you select “Mandatory”, then not only WEP

will be used, but also any other station needs to use WEP encryption in order to establish a communication with

your station. This requirement is in line with the IEEE 802.11b standard. If, on the other hand, you choose

“Optional”, then your station can communicate with every other station regardless if they use WEP or not. Please

keep in mind that the WEP keys must be in HEX format. Finally, you have the option to select whether Open

System, Shared Key , or Auto authentication will be used. In order to take effect the changes you wish to make,

press the “Submit” button at the bottom of the screen.