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Static WEP was designed to provide security equivalent of sending unencrypted data 
through an Ethernet connection, however it has major flaws and it does not provide even 
this intended level of security.

Therefore, Static WEP is not recommended as a secure mode. The only time to use Static 
WEP is when interoperability issues make it the only option available to you and you are 
not concerned with the potential of exposing the data on your network.

For information on how to configure Static WEP security mode, see 

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IEEE 802.1x is the standard for passing the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over 
an 802.11 wireless network using a protocol called EAP Encapsulation Over LANs (EAPOL). 
This is a newer, more secure standard than Static WEP.

While parts of 802.1x are indeed standard, it uses port control with dynamically varying 
encryption keys that can be automatically updated over the network with the Extensible 
Authentication Protocol (EAP) to enable user, not machine, authentication. To make all 
this happen, 802.1x uses RADIUS servers.

Static WEP uses a fixed key 
that is provided by the 
administrator. WEP keys are 
indexed in different slots (up 
to four on the Gateway 7001 
Series self-managed AP).

The client stations must have 
the same key indexed in the 
same slot to access data on 
the access point.

An RC4 stream cipher is used 
to encrypt the frame body and 
cyclic redundancy checking 
(CRC) of each 802.11 frame.

If you set the Authentication 
Algorithm to Shared Key, this 
protocol provides a 
rudimentary form of user 
authentication.

However, if the Authentication 
Algorithm is set to “Open 
System”, no authentication is 
performed.

If the algorithm is set to 
“Both”, only WEP clients are 
authenticated.