ZyXEL Communications Corporation WAP6806 Manuel D’Utilisation

 Chapter 10 Operation Mode

WAP6806 User’s Guide

WEP Encryption 

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Wi-Fi Protected (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i standard. WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i) is a wireless 
security standard that defines stronger encryption, authentication and key management than WPA.

Key differences between WPA or WPA2 and WEP are improved data encryption and user 
authentication.

If both an AP and the wireless clients support WPA2 and you have an external RADIUS server, use 
WPA2 for stronger data encryption. If you don’t have an external RADIUS server, you should use 
WPA-Personal that only requires a single (identical) password entered into each access point, 
wireless gateway and wireless client. As long as the password match, a wireless client will be 
granted access to a WLAN.

If the AP or the wireless clients do not support WPA2, just use WPA or WPA-Personal depending on 
whether you have an external RADIUS server or not.

Select WEP only when the AP and/or wireless clients do not support WPA or WPA2. WEP is less 
secure than WPA or WPA2.

Select WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, or WPA/WPA2-Personal Mixed from the Encryption 
Type list.

WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, or WPA/WPA2-Personal Mixed 

WEP Encryption

Key Index

Select one index for configuring a key. The default key index is Key 1. You must 
configure at least one key, and only one key is activated at one time.

WEP Key

WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the WAP6806 and the wireless stations must 
use the same WEP key for data transmission.

ASCII - Select this option to enter ASCII characters as a WEP key.

Hex - Select this option to enter hexadecimal characters as a WEP key.

Confirm 2.4G

Click Confirm 2.4G to save your changes.