Operation Manual

Chapter 5 Wireless
eircom F1000 Modem User’s Guide
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Your Device allows you to configure up to four 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys but only one key can be
enabled at any one time.
In order to configure and enable WEP encryption, click Network Setting > Wireless to display the
General screen, then select Basic as the security level.
Figure 35 Wireless > General: Basic (WEP)
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 15 Wireless > General: Basic (WEP)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Security Level Select Basic to enable WEP data encryption.
Generate
password
automatically
Select this option to have the Device automatically generate a password. The password field
will not be configurable when you select this option.
Password 1 The password (WEP key) is used to encrypt data. Both the Device and the wireless stations
must use the same password (WEP key) for data transmission.
If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters
("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters
("0-9", "A-F").
password
unmask
This field is available when the Generate password automatically checkbox is cleared.
Select password unmask to show your entered password in plain text.
WEP Encryption Select 64-bits or 128-bits.
This dictates the length of the security key that the network is going to use.
Notes Click Notes: to show more information about the WEP key.