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ZyXEL Communications NBG334W User Manual

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Chapter 5 Wireless LAN

NBG334W User’s Guide

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Figure 37 Network > Wireless LAN > General: Static WEP

The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.

Table 29 Network > Wireless LAN > General: Static WEP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Passphrase

Enter a passphrase (password phrase) of up to 32 printable characters and click

Generate. The NBG334W automatically generates four different WEP keys and

displays them in the Key fields below.

WEP

Encryption

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.

Authentication

Method

This field is activated when you select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP in the WEP

Encryption field.
Select Auto, Open System or Shared Key from the drop-down list box.

ASCII

Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as WEP key.

Hex

Select this option in order to enter hexadecimal characters as a WEP key.
The preceding "0x", that identifies a hexadecimal key, is entered automatically.

Key 1 to Key 4

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the NBG334W and the wireless

stations must use the same WEP key for data transmission.
If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal

characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal

characters ("0-9", "A-F").
You must configure at least one key, only one key can be activated at any one time.

The default key is key 1.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG334W.

Reset

Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.