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Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the method for secure wireless data transmission. WEP adds data encryption to every single packet transmitted in the wireless network. The 40bit and 64bit encryption are the same because of out 64 bits, 40 bits are private. Conversely, 104 and 128 bit are the same. WEP uses a common KEY to encode the data. Therefore, all devices on a wireless network must use the same key and same type of encryption. There are 2 methods for entering the KEY, one is to enter a 16-bit HEX digit. Using this method, users must enter a 10-digit number( for 64-bit) or 26-digit number( for 128-bit) in the KEY field. Users must select the same key number for all devices. The other method is to enter a text and let the computer generate the WEP key for you. However, since each product use different method for key generation. It might not work for different products. Therefore, it is NOT recommend to use. When enable the WEP key, please remember to enable the AP's WEP function before enabling the card's. |
