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Airlink101 AR580W3G User Manual

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2-8-3-1 Disable wireless security

When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every wireless device in

proximity will be able to connect 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 reads the data you transfer over

network without your consent.

2-8-3-2 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 are descriptions of every setup items:

Key Length (2):

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

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