ZyXEL Communications P-6600HW-Tx v3 User Manual

Chapter 9 Wireless LAN

P-660HW-Tx v3 User’s Guide

Figure 85   Wireless: No Security

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless clients and the access 
points to keep network communications private. It encrypts unicast and multicast 
communications in a network. Both the wireless clients and the access points must use the 
same WEP key.
Your ZyXEL Device allows you to configure up to four 64-bit, 128-bit or 256-bit WEP keys 
but only one key can be enabled at any one time.

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WEP is extremely insecure. Its encryption can be broken by an attacker, using 
widely-available software. It is strongly recommended that you use a more 
effective security mechanism. Use the strongest security mechanism that all 
the wireless devices in your network support. For example, use WPA-PSK or 
WPA2-PSK if all your wireless devices support it, or use WPA or WPA2 if your 
wireless devices support it and you have a RADIUS server. If your wireless 
devices support nothing stronger than WEP, use the highest encryption level 
available.

In order to configure and enable WEP encryption; click Network > Wireless LAN to display 
the General screen. Select Static WEP from the Security Mode list.

Table 46   Wireless No Security

Security Mode

Choose No Security from the drop-down list box.