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2-7-3 ‘Security’ Setting
You can set wireless security (data encryption) settings in this menu. When
data is encrypted, other people will not be able to read the contents of the data
you transmitted by wireless interface, so you can keep privacy. Also, when
encryption is enabled, only wireless client with correct encryption key will be
able to connect to this router, so unauthorized clients who do know correct
encryption key will not be able to connect to this router.
The descriptions of every setup item are listed below:
Item Name Description
Encryption Please select the encryption type from dropdown
list. For the requirements of the key of every kinds
of encryption, please refer to the descriptions at
the last of this chapter.
Set WEP Key Set WEP key:
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