Asus WL-320gE - Manual (Page 28)

3. Software
28 ASUS 802.11g Access Point
Chapter 3 - Software Configuration
Access Point
WPA Encryption
When “WPA-PSK” authentication method is used, the newly proposed TKIP
(Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) or AES encryption schemes are applied.
WPA Pre-Shared Key
When you select “TKIP” or “AES” as the WPA Encyption, this field is used as
a password to begin the encryption process. Key in a password with 8 to 63
characters.
WEP Encryption
When you select “Open or Shared Key”, “Shared Key”, or “Radius with 802.11x”
authentication methods are selected, traditional WEP encryption is applied.
NOTE: When “WPA” or “WPA-PSK” authentication methods are selected, you still can set WEP
encryption for those clients that do not support WPA/WPA-PSK. Please note that Key Index for
WEP key is limited to 2 or 3 when both WPA and WEP encryption are supported at the same
time.
6/128-bit versus 0/10-bit
The following section explains low-level (64-bit) and high-level (128-bit) WEP
Encryption schemes:
6-bit WEP Encryption
64-bit WEP and 40-bit WEP refer to the same encryption level and can
interoperate in a wireless network. This level of WEP encryption uses a 40-bit (10
Hex character) encryption scheme as a secret key, which is set by the user, and a
24-bit “Initialization Vector” scheme, which is not under user control.
Together these two schemes make a 64-bit (40 + 24) encryption scheme. Some
vendors refer to this level of WEP as 40-bit and others refer to this as 64-bit. ASUS
WLAN products use the term 64-bit when referring to this lower level of encryption.
128-bit WEP Encryption
104-bit WEP and 128-bit WEP refer to the same encryption level and can
interoperate on a wireless network. This level of WEP encryption uses a 104-bit
(26 Hex character) encryption scheme as a secret key which is set by the user,
and a 24-bit “Initialization Vector”, which is not under user control.