Planet Technology WAP-1966 - Manual (Page 24)

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3.2.2.4 WEP Settings
Data Encryption: Select this option when you want to enable WEP function.
Auth. Mode:
Open Authentication: With this setting, any station in the WLAN can receives and transmits
data from the Access Point (null authentication).
Shared Authentication: With this setting, only stations using shared key encryption identified
by the Access Point are allowed to associate with it.
Auto Switch: With this setting, stations can communicate with the Access Point either with or
without data encryption.
WEP Key Settings: You can define the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) function by yourself. There
are 4 keys available, please ensure you have enter correct number for the key values with different
Key Length and coding (Hex or ASCII) as 64bit (10 Hex digit / 5 ASCII), 128bit (26 Hex digit / 13
ASCII) or 256bit (58 Hex digit / 29 ASCII), please select one of them and enter the key you want to
use. When Hex is selected, you may enter alphanumeric characters in the range of
“A-F”, “a-f” and
“0-9” in the WEP Key entry field. Alternatively, you may enter digit hexadecimal values in the range
of
“a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9”.
Note: If you have many WAP-1966s in LAN and you want to set them have the same WEP key. You
can set one of them, and then select all the WAP-1966 in the
“Available AP” and press Apply. You
will see a dialog box appears as below. You can enter their User Name and Password in this dialog
box and Click OK to apply.