ZyXEL Communications 202 User Manual

ZyXEL M-202 User’s Guide

Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility Configuration

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.  

Note: WPA2 and WPA2-PSK are only available in Windows XP and Windows 2000.

Table 9   Security Settings: WEP 

Security Setting

WEP

Select 64 Bits, 128 Bits or 256 Bits to activate WEP encryption and then fill in the 

related fields.
Select Disable to deactivate WEP encryption.

Encryption Type

Select an encryption type. Choices are Open and Shared. Refer to 

page 33 

for more information.

Pass Phrase

When you select the radio button, enter a passphrase of up to 63 case-sensitive 

printable characters. As you enter the passphrase, the ZyXEL M-202 automatically 

generates four different WEP keys and displays it in the key field below. Refer to 

Section 2.2.1 on page 30 for more information.

Transmit Key

Select a default WEP key to use for data encryption. The key displays in the field 

below.

Key x (where x is a 

number between 1 

and 4)

Select this option if you want to manually enter the WEP keys. Enter the WEP key 

in the field provided.
If you select 64 Bits in the WEP field.

Enter either 10 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (for 

example, 11AA22BB33) for HEX key type.
or
Enter 5 ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” 

(for example, MyKey) for ASCII key type. 

If you select 128 Bits in the WEP field,

Enter either 26 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (for 

example, 00112233445566778899AABBCC) for HEX key type
or
Enter 13 ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” 

(for example, MyKey12345678) for ASCII key type.

If you select 256 Bits in the WEP field, 

Enter either 64 hexadecimal digits in the range of "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" (for 

example, 

0000111122223333444455556666777788889999AAAABBBBCCCCDDDDEE

EEFFFF) for HEX key type 
or 
Enter 32 ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from "a-z", "A-Z" and "0-9" 

(for example, MyKey123456789011234567890123456) for ASCII key type.

Note: The values for the WEP keys must be set up exactly the 

same on all wireless devices in the same wireless LAN.

ASCII WEP keys are case sensitive.

Back

Click Back to go to the Site Survey screen to select and connect to other network.

Next

Click Next to confirm your selections and advance to the Confirm Save screen. 

Refer to 

.  

Exit

Click Exit to return to the Site Survey screen without saving.