ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B User Manual

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Chapter 7 Wireless
VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide
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In order to configure and enable WEP encryption, click Network Setting > Wireless to display the 
General screen, then select Basic as the security level.
Figure 31   
Wireless > General: Basic (WEP) 
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 17   
Wireless > General: Basic (WEP)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Security Level
Select Basic to enable WEP data encryption.
Generate 
password 
automatically 
Select this option to have the Device automatically generate a password. The password field 
will not be configurable when you select this option.
Password 1~4
The password (WEP keys) are used to encrypt data. Both the Device and the wireless 
stations must use the same password (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 password, only one password can be activated at any one 
time. The default password is Passowrd 1.
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WEP Encryption Select 64-bits or 128-bits.
This dictates the length of the security key that the network is going to use.