Lantronix 900-422 User Manual

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A passphrase of more than 20 characters is recommended. Maximum length 
is 63 characters, including spaces and punctuation characters. 
 
Passphrase input is not the same as ASCII input. The passphrase input is 
safer because it has up to 63 characters. ASCII input has a maximum of 
5 (WEP64) or 13 (WEP128) bytes and limits the number of key 
combinations. 
 
Please refer to the other equipment’s manual to determine the passphrase 
input style recommended. 

selects the WEP key used for transmissions. Enter a value 

between 1 and 4. The default setting is 1. In case the WEP key is entered in hex, 
all keys (1-4) are the same. In case the WEP key is entered as a passphrase, the 
four WEP keys are generated according to the Linksys algorithms and will be 
different.  

This firmware version allows only Pre-Shared Keys (PSK) for authentication. 

Select Y (Yes) at the Display current key prompt to show the currently configured 
key/passphrase, 

Select Y (Yes) at the Change key prompt to be able to modify the currently configured 
key by selecting Y (Yes). 

The Key type requests whether the new key is in hexadecimal or passphrase format. 
The default setting is Passphrase. 

prompts for the new passphrase or hexadecimal key.  

 Enter 

the 

as a hexadecimal value according the following 

guidelines:  

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Valid hex alphanumeric characters are 0-9 and A-F. 

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64 bit hex = 5 bytes represented as xx-xx-xx-xx-xx.  
Example: 01-A3-47-E5-C9 

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128 bit hex = 13 bytes represented as xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-
xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx.  
Example: A1-B2-C3-E4-D5-F6-98-74-B7-65-A8-D3-F2 

 

Enter the key as a string. A passphrase is a sentence that is translated into 
hex by a hashing algorithm.  
Example: My dog has spots and likes to chase cats.  
 
A passphrase of more than 20 characters is recommended. Maximum length 
is 63 characters, including spaces and punctuation characters.