Manhattan 525480 150N Wireless Router - Manual - Manual (Page 34)

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SYSTEM & NETWORK SETUP
card information or bank records. Click the “Security Settings” menu on the left of
the Web management interface to select one of the four encryption methods from
the drop-down menu (see image below).
2.7.3.1 Disable Wireless Security
When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled and every wireless device
in proximity will be able to connect your wireless router if no other security measure
is enabled (like using MAC address access control disabling ESSID broadcast).
NOTE: Only use this option when you want to allow everyone to use your wireless
router and you don’t care if someone reads the data you transfer over the network
without your consent.
2.7.3.2 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
WEP encryption is an outdated method to secure your network, as it doesn’t meet
the security standards of modern data encryption. Thus, it’s not recommended that
you use WEP,unless you use WLAN adapters or WLAN networking devices that
don’t support WPA/WPA2 encryption. If your WLAN card supports WPA/WPA2,
you can proceed to section 2.7.3.3 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).
Key Length — There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Selecting
“128-bit” is safer than “64-bit,” but will reduce some data transfer performance.
Key Format — There are two types of key format: ASCII and hexadecimal, or “hex.”
When you select a key format, the number of characters in the key will be displayed.
For example, if you select “64-bit” as the key length and “Hex” as the key format,
you’ll see the message to the right of “Key Format” is “Hex (10 characters),” which
means the length of the WEP key is 10 characters.