ZyXEL Communications NWA-3163 & NWA-3166 User Manual

Chapter 10 Wireless Security Screen

NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide

Use this screen to set the selected profile to 802.1x Static 64 or 802.1x Static 128 
security mode.  Select 802.1x Static 64 or 802.1x Static 128 in the Security 
Mode field to display the following screen.

Figure 91   Security: 802.1x Static 64-bit, 802.1x Static 128-bit 

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 41   Security: 802.1x Static 64-bit, 802.1x Static 128-bit

Profile Name

Type a name to identify this security profile.

Security Mode

Choose 802.1x Static 64 or 802.1x Static 128 in this field.

ASCII

Select this option to enter ASCII characters as the WEP keys.

Hex

Select this option to enter hexadecimal characters as the WEP 
keys.The preceding “0x” is entered automatically.

Key 1 to Key 4

If you chose 802.1x Static 64, then enter any 5 characters (ASCII 
string) or 10 hexadecimal characters  ("0-9", "A-F") preceded by 
0x for each key.

If you chose 802.1x Static 128-bit, then enter 13 characters 
(ASCII string) or 26 hexadecimal characters  ("0-9", "A-F") 
preceded by 0x for each key.

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 stations.

The preceding “0x” is entered automatically. You must configure all 
four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time. The 
default key is key 1.