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GIGABYTE GN-A16B User Manual

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GN-A16B Wireless Access Point User Guide

Q:

What is WEP?

A:

Wired Equivalent Privacy. Security mechanism defined within the 802.11 standard

designed to make the link integrity of the wireless medium equal to wired cable. Data

privacy mechanism based on a 40 bits (128 bit optional ) shared key algorithm, as

described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.