Edimax EW-7416APn V2 Manual - Page 58
Key Format
View all Edimax EW-7416APn V2 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Page 58 highlights
2-7-2 WEP WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a common encryption mode, it's safe enough for home and personal use. But if you need higher level of security, please consider using WPA encryption (see next Section). However, some wireless clients don't support WPA, but only support WEP, so WEP is still a good choice for you if you have such kind of client in your network environment. When you select 'WEP' as encryption type, the following messages will be displayed: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Key Length Key Format There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using '128-bit' is safer than '64-bit', but will reduce some data transfer performance. There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you select a key format, the number of characters of key will be displayed. For example, if you select '64-bit' as key length, and 'Hex' as key format, you'll see the message at the right of 'Key Format' is 'Hex (10 characters), which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters. 51