SanDisk Wireless LAN Card - Manual (Page 23)

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Security
The Security tab includes fields for enabling secure data encryption so that
unauthorized wireless devices are prohibited from accessing data that is sent
to or from your Pocket PC over the network. This type of encryption is known as
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). WEP provides security by encrypting data
over radio waves so that it is protected as it is transmitted from one point to
another.
WEP Key Type
To read an encrypted file, you must have access to a secret key or password
that enables you to decrypt it. The WEP Key Type setting allows you to create a
key or password using a pass phrase, character, or hexadecimal value.
To create encryption keys automatically:
1. Tap the WEP Key Type menu to pull down the key type list.
2. Tap PassPhrase and tap a character string in the Key in… field.
The four Key Settings are automatically generated.
3. Tap OK.
Encryption (WEP)
1. To use WEP encryption tap Enable .
WEP Key Length
The higher level of data encryption (128-
bit) is more difficult to encrypt and
decrypt, but high levels of encryption will
reduce the performance of a wireless
network.
Tap 40-bit or 128-bit .
The Pocket PC must use the same level
of encryption as the access point