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Motorola Series Switch WS5100 User Manual

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5. Specify a 4 to 32 character

Pass Key

and click the

Generate

button.

The pass key can be any alphanumeric string. The switch and Motorola MUs use the algorithm to convert
an ASCII string to the same hexadecimal number. MUs without Motorola adapters need to use WEP keys
manually configured as hexadecimal numbers.

6. Use the

Key #1-4

areas to specify key numbers.

The key can be either a hexadecimal or ASCII. The keys are 26 hexadecimal characters in length or 13
ASCII characters. Select one of these keys for activation by clicking its radio button.

Default (hexadecimal) keys for WEP 128 and KeyGuard include:

7. If you feel it necessary to restore the WEP algorithm back to its default settings, click the

Restore

Default WEP Keys

button. This may be the case if you feel the latest defined WEP algorithm has been

compromised and longer provides its former measure of data security.

8. Refer to the

Status

field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error

messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.

9. Click

OK

to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.

10.Click

Cancel

to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.

Key 1

101112131415161718191A1B1C

Key 2

202122232425262728292A2B2C

Key 3

303132333435363738393A3B3C

Key 4

404142434445464748494A4B4C