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2-7-3-1 Disable wireless security
When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every wireless device in
proximity will be able to connect to your wireless router if no other security measure
is enabled (like MAC address access control - see
section 2-7-4
, or disable ESSID
broadcast).
Only use this option when you really want to allow everyone to use your wireless
router, and you don’t care if there’s someone reading the data you transfer over
network without your consent.
2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption, and the
following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:
Here is the description of every setup item:
Parameter
Description
Key Length
There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit.
Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than’ 64-bit’, but will reduce some data
transfer performance.
Key Format
There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you
select a key format, the number of characters of key will be
displayed. For example, if you select ’64-bit’ as key length, and
‘Hex’ as key format, you’ll see the message at the right of ‘Key
Format’ is ‘Hex (10 characters), which means the length of WEP
key is 10 characters.
Default Tx Key
When ‘WEP’ Encryption is enabled then ‘Key 1’ will appear in
this field.
Encryption Key 1
Input WEP key characters here, the number of characters must be