Avaya Wireless AP-3 User Manual

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Security
Avaya Wireless AP-3 User’s Guide                                                                                 4-95
Authentication and Encryption Modes
The AP supports the following Security features:
WEP Encryption
The IEEE 802.11 standards specify an optional encryption feature, known 
as Wired Equivalent Privacy or WEP, that is designed to provide a 
wireless LAN with a security level equal to what is found on a wired 
Ethernet network. WEP encrypts the data portion of each packet 
exchanged on an 802.11 network using an Encryption Key (also known as 
a WEP Key).
When Encryption is enabled, two 802.11 devices must have the same 
Encryption Keys and both devices must be configured to use Encryption 
in order to communicate. If one device is configured to use Encryption but 
a second device is not, then the two devices will not communicate, even if 
both devices have the same Encryption Keys.
Type
Description
The original encryption technique specified 
by the IEEE 802.11 standard.
An IEEE standard for client authentication.
A new standard that provides improved 
encryption security over WEP.