ZyXEL Communications 650 Series User Manual

 

Prestige 650 Series User’s Guide 

Wireless LAN Setup 

 

25-3 

WEP 

 

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) provides data encryption to prevent 
wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the wireless network.  
Select Disable allows wireless stations to communicate with the access 
points without any data encryption.  
Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to for the type of data encryption. WEP 
causes performance degradation.

 

Disable 

Default Key  Enter the number of the key as an active key.  

 

Key 1 to Key 

4 

 

If you chose 64-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter 5 
characters or 10 hexadecimal digits ("0-9", "A-F") preceded by 0x for each 
key (1-4). 
If you chose 128-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter 13 
characters or 26 hexadecimal digits ("0-9", "A-F") preceded by 0x for each 
key (1-4).  

There are four data encryption keys to secure your data from eavesdropping 
by unauthorized wireless users. The values for the keys must be set up 
exactly the same on the access points as they are on the wireless station 
computers.  

 

Edit MAC 
Address 
Filter 

To edit MAC address filtering table, press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and 
press [ENTER] to open menu 3.5.1.  

When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt “Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to 
cancel” to save your configuration or press [ESC] to cancel and go back to the previous screen. 

The next layer of security is MAC address filter. To allow a wireless station to associate with the Prestige, 
enter the MAC address of the wireless LAN card on that wireless station in the MAC address table.