Verwriting an, Xisting, Tatic – Edimax Technology Edimax Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter User Manual

Page 30: Isabling, Overwriting an existing static w ep key, Disabling static w ep

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c onfigu ration secu rity . At lea st one Sha red Key field mu st be
populated to ena ble se cu rity u sing a sha red key .

Cli c k o n the radio button to set the key a s t he default

en cryption key .

WEP Key Size

Define s the size fo r eac h enc ryption key . The option s include:

o

64 - bit (e nte r 10 digit s fo r h exade cimal, 5 AS CI I

c haracte rs)

o

128 - bit (ente r 26 digit s fo r hexade cimal, 13

digit s fo r AS CI I )

o

152 -bit (en ter 32 digit s hexa decimal, 16 digit s

fo r AS CII )

4.

Click

OK

for the changes to take effect.

Overwriting an Existing Static W EP Key

1.

Cli c k the

Define P re -Sha red Key s

radio bu tton on the

S ecu rit y tab

.

2.

Cli c k o n

Configu re

.

3.

In the windo w, all e xi sting static WEP key s a re di splayed a s a ste ri sks fo r secu rity
rea son s. Clic k in th e field of the exi sting st atic WE P ke y t o ove rwrite.

4.

Delete t he a ste ri sks in th at field.

5.

En ter a ne w key.

6.

Ma ke su re to select the

T ran smit K ey

bu tton to the left o f thi s ke y i s selec ted fo r the

ke y to t ran smit pac ket s.

7.

Cli c k

OK

.

Disabling Static W EP

To di sable sta tic WEP fo r a pa rticular p rofile, choo se

None

on t he P rofile

Management tab and clic k

OK

.

O R: Select any othe r secu rit y option on the Pro file Management t ab to automatically

di sable sta tic WEP .

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