Planet Technology 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter WL-8317 - Manual (Page 15)

data encryption. It will detect the AP that it connected is using which Authentication mode and
use the same mode to communicate.
¾ Open System: With this setting, the station in the WLAN can receives and transmits
data from Access Point (null authentication).
¾ Shared Key: With this setting, allows communication only with other devices with identical
WEP settings.
‹ WEP Key options:
¾ Default Key: There are 4 keys available for the WEP function. Please select one of
them for WEP to operate.
¾ Network Key: You can define the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) Key values by
yourself.
¾ Key Length – Please select which WEP key mode you want to use. There are three
modes, each mode has two kind of key length and that is decide on the Key Format
you selected. 64bit (5ASCII / 10HEX.), 128bit (13ASCII / 26HEX).
‹ Key Format – You can select WEP key format to HEX (Hexadecimal code, 0-9, A-F) or
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange, 0-9, a-z, A-Z).
When “WPA” or “WPA2” is selected in “Encryption” field, please click “Configuration”
button for advanced settings.
Note: please make sure the user certification is already installed in the computer, then select
“WPA” or “WPA2” option. Otherwise, the utility will hang due to unable to locate valid
certification.
WPA / WPA2 uses 802.1x and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) as the basis of its
authentication mechanism. Thus your computer needs to install a certification for the RADIUS
server first. Please consult with your network administrator for getting the certification and the
appropriate parameters of the above screen.
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