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1. WEP Encryption:
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is based on IEEE 802.11 standard
and uses the RC 4 encryption algorithm to encrypt data over the wireless network so as
to protect your data from unauthorized accesses or intruders. When connecting to a
WEP network, the user has to know a key that can be either 64-bit or 128 bit with ASCII
characters or hexadecimal characters.
Authentication:
There are two options available for authentication; these are,
“
Open
System
”
and
“
Share Key
”
. For more secure protection, you should choose
“
Share Key
”
option which requires wireless clients have the same key positions with the VoIP &
Wireless Residential Gateway.
WEP Encryption Length:
Select either 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP. 128-bit WEP
requires a longer key than 64-bit WEP. Your wireless clients must have the same WEP
encryption length as this Residential Gateway; otherwise, the connection will not be
established.
Key 1 ~ 4:
Enter values for Key 1 to Key 4 with either HEX or ASCII characters.
If you choose 64-bit WEP as your WEP encryption length, enter 5 ASCII characters or 10
hexadecimal characters (
“
0-9
”
,
“
A-F
”
) for each Key (1~4). If you choose 128-bit WEP,
enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters (
“
0-9
”
,
“
A-F
”
) fro each Key (1~4).
2. WPA:
WPA stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access and intends to improve the security
functions of WEP by using two security-enhanced types to encrypt data, these are: TKIP
(Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES (Advanced Encryption Standard).