User's Manual

Chapter 10 Wireless LAN

WAP3205 User’s Guide

Figure 62 Network > Wireless LAN > Security: Static WEP

The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.

Table 32 Network > Wireless LAN > Security: Static WEP

LABEL DESCRIPTION

SSID Select the SSID for which you want to configure the security.

Security Mode Select Static WEP to enable data encryption.

PassPhrase Enter a Passphrase (up to 26 printable characters) and click Generate.

A passphrase functions like a password. In WEP security mode, it is further

converted by the WAP3205 into a complicated string that is referred to as the “key”.

This key is requested from all devices wishing to connect to a wireless network.

WEP

Encryption

Select 64-bits or 128-bits.

This dictates the length of the security key that the network is going to use.

Authentication

Method

Select Auto or Shared Key from the drop-down list box.

This field specifies whether the wireless clients have to provide the WEP key to login

to the wireless client. Keep this setting at Auto unless you want to force a key

verification before communication between the wireless client and the WAP3205

occurs.

Select Shared Key to force the clients to provide the WEP key prior to

communication.

ASCII Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as WEP key.

Hex Select this option in order to enter hexadecimal characters as a WEP key.

The preceding "0x", that identifies a hexadecimal key, is entered automatically.