ZyXEL Communications Corporation WAP5705 Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 9 Wireless LAN

WAP5705 User’s Guide

WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless stations and the access points 
to keep network communications private. It encrypts unicast and multicast communications in a 
network. Both the wireless stations and the access points must use the same WEP key.

Your WAP5705 allows you to configure up to four 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys but only one key can 
be enabled at any one time.

Select Static WEP from the Security Mode list.

Network > Wireless LAN > Security: Static WEP

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

Network > Wireless LAN > Security: Static WEP

SSID

Select the SSID for which you want to configure the security.

Security Mode

Select Static WEP to enable data encryption.

PassPhrase

Enter a Passphrase (up to 26 printable characters) and click Generate. 

A passphrase functions like a password. In WEP security mode, it is further converted by the 
WAP5705 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 64-bits or 128-bits.

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