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Configuring static wep security on a client – Allied Telesis AT-WA7400/NA User Manual

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Appendix B: Configuring Security on Wireless Clients

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a. For Network Authentication, choose Open.

b. For Data encryption, choose Disabled.

Figure 3. Wireless Network Properties Dialog Box

Configuring

Static WEP

Security on a

Client

Static Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encrypts data moving across a
wireless network based on a static (non-changing) key. The encryption
algorithm is a stream cipher called RC4. The access point uses a key to
transmit data to the client stations. Each client must use that same key to
decrypt data it receives from the access point. Different clients can use
different keys to transmit data to the access point. (Or they can all use the
same key, but this is less secure because it means one station can
decrypt the data being sent by another.)

To configure Static WEP security on a client, perform the following
procedure:

1. Confirm the Security mode setting on the Security Settings page, as

Set Network Authentication to Open

Set Data Encryption to Disabled