ZyXEL Communications NBG-419N User Manual

 Chapter 12 Wireless LAN

NBG-419N v2 User’s Guide

The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.

Refer to 

 for descriptions of the other labels in this screen.

Network > Wireless LAN > General: Static WEP

Security Mode

Select Static WEP to enable data encryption.

PassPhrase

Enter a Passphrase (up to 26 printable characters) and click Generate. 

A passphrase functions like a password. In WEP security mode, it is further converted by the 
Router into a complicated string that is referred to as the “key”. This key is requested from 
all devices wishing to connect to a wireless network.

WEP Encryption Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP.

This dictates the length of the security key that the network is going to use.

Authentication 
Method

Select Auto or Shared Key from the drop-down list box.

This field specifies whether the wireless clients have to provide the WEP key to login to the 
wireless client. Keep this setting at Auto  unless you want to force a key verification before 
communication between the wireless client and the Router occurs. 

Select Shared Key to force the clients to provide the WEP key prior to communication.  

ASCII

Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as WEP key. 

Hex

Select this option in order to enter hexadecimal characters as a WEP key. 

The preceding "0x", that identifies a hexadecimal key, is entered automatically.

Key 1 to Key 4

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the Router and the wireless stations must use 
the same WEP key for data transmission.

If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters 
("0-9", "A-F").

If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters 
("0-9", "A-F"). 

You must configure at least one key, only one key can be activated at any one time.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the Router.

Cancel

Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.