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WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is an encryption scheme that provides
the secure wireless data communications to the users. WEP uses a 64bit-key or 128bit-
key to control the network access. In order to do secure communication over the
wireless LAN network, enable WEP function.
If you enable WEP function, select one of four WEP default key number. You can choose
any one number from 1 to 4. And then, there occur Exclude Unencrypted question.
This question asks you whether you allow a client that does not use WEP function. Next
question is WEP Key Generation Mode. There are two ways to generate the WEP key.
One is by entering any text in the Passphrase. The other way is by entering Key value
directly from the keyboard. In this case, you can insert any character string.
As the wireless channel is more prone to the illegal access, WEP provides the users
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