Allied Telesis AT-WA7400/EU - Manual (Page 179)

AT-WA7400 Management Software User’s Guide
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64-bit (40-bit secret key + 24-bit initialization vector (IV)) or 128-bit
(104-bit secret key + 24-bit IV) Shared Key for data encryption.
Specify whether you want Wired Equivalent Privacy ( WEP ) encryption
enabled for the WDS link.
ˆ Enabled
ˆ Disabled
Key Length
If WEP is enabled, specify the length of the WEP key:
ˆ 64 bits
ˆ 128 bits
Key Type
If WEP is enabled, specify the WEP key type:
ˆ ASCII
ˆ Hex
Characters Required
Indicates the number of characters required in the WEP key.
The number of characters required updates automatically based on
how you set Key Length and Key Type.
WEP Key
Enter a string of characters. If you selected ASCII, enter any
combination of
0-9 , a-z
, and
A-Z
. If you selected HEX, enter
hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9 and a-f or A-F ). These
are the RC4 encryption keys shared with the stations using the access
point.
3. Click Update to save your settings.
Example of
Configuring a
WDS Link
When you use WDS, be sure to configure WDS settings on both access
points on the WDS link.
For example, to create a WDS link between a pair of access points named
MyAP1 and MyAP2 do the following:
1. Open the web pages for MyAP1, by entering the IP address for MyAP1
as a URL in the web browser address bar in the following form:
http:// IPAddressOfAccessPoint
where IPAddressOfAccessPoint is the address of MyAP1.
2. Go to the Wireless Distribution System page on the MyAP1 web
pages.