ZyXEL Communications Corporation PLA5236 Manual De Usuario

 Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

PLA5236 User’s Guide

Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G or 5G > Security: Static WEP

The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.

Table 15   Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G or 5G > Security: Static WEP

Security Mode

Select 

to enable data encryption.

PassPhrase

Enter a passphrase (up to 26 printable characters) and click 

. 

A passphrase functions like a password. In WEP security mode, it is further converted by the PLA 
into a complicated string that is referred to as the “key”. This key is requested from all devices 
wishing to connect to a wireless network.

WEP Encryption

Select 

 or 

.

This dictates the length of the security key that the network is going to use.

Authentication 
Method

Select 

or 

 from the drop-down list box.

This field specifies whether the wireless clients have to provide the WEP key to login to the 
wireless client. Keep this setting at 

 unless you want to force a key verification before 

communication between the wireless client and the PLA occurs. 

Select

 to force the clients to provide the WEP key prior to communication.  

ASCII

Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as WEP key.