ZyXEL Communications 2602HWL-DXA User Manual

 

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SSID is a configurable identification that allows clients to communicate to the appropriate base station. 

With proper configuration, only clients that are configured with the same SSID can communicate with 

base stations having the same SSID. SSID from a security point of view acts as a simple single shared 

password between base stations and clients. 

 

 

ESSID stands for Extended Service Set Identifier and identifies the wireless LAN. The ESSID of the 

mobile device must match the ESSID of the AP to communicate with the AP. The ESSID is a 32-character 

maximum string and is case-sensitive. 

 

 

Enable Wired Equivalency Protocol (WEP) or Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) to encrypt the payload of 

packets sent across a radio link. 

 

 

Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is a security mechanism defined within the 802.11 standard and designed 

to make the security of the wireless medium equal to that of a cable (wire). WEP data encryption was 

designed to prevent access to the network by "intruders" and to prevent the capture of wireless LAN 

traffic through eavesdropping. WEP allows the administrator to define a set of respective "Keys" for each 

wireless network user based on a "Key String" passed through the WEP encryption algorithm. Access is 

denied by anyone who does not have an assigned key. WEP comes in 40/64-bit and 128-bit encryption 

key lengths. Note, WEP has shown to have fundamental flaws in its key generation processing. 

 

 

40 bit WEP & 64 bit WEP are the same encryption level and can interoperate. The lower level of WEP 

encryption uses a 40 bit (10 Hex character) as "secret key" (set by user), and a 24 bit " Initialization 

Vector " (not under user control) (40+24=64). Some vendors refer to this level of WEP as 40 bit, others as 

64 bit. 

 

 

A WEP key is a user defined string of characters used to encrypt and decrypt data.