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TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND
300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide
 
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Figure 4-18 Wireless Security 
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  Disable Security - If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio button. But it’s 
strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security. 
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  WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you check this radio button, you will find a 
notice in red as show in Figure 4-19.  
 
Figure 4-19 
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Type - you can choose the type for the WEP security on the drop-down list. The default 
setting is Automatic, which can select
 
Shared Key
 
or Open System
 
authentication type 
automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. 
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WEP Key Format
 
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Hexadecimal and
 
ASCII formats are provided here
Hexadecimal 
format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified