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Setting New WEP Keys, Creating Keys Manually

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Changing the Set-up of Your WLAN 4 In the WEP Key Length drop-down box, choose 64-bit key or 128-bit key. Type in the WEP Keys and Default Key used on your WLAN. Ensure that they exactly match your WLAN WEP Keys. Remember that alphanumeric WEP keys are case-sensitive. 5 Click Save. Your changes are saved. You must reboot your Wireless AP to apply your changes. Click Reboot on the Success page, or continue working in the Wireless Access Point Utility and click Reboot from the Administration page (see page 27) at the end of your session. You do not have to reboot your computer. Setting New WEP Keys You can set new WEP keys two different ways: ■ Adaptec recommends that you create the keys manually if you are adding your Wireless AP to an existing WLAN or have any non-Adaptec brand devices on your WLAN. Go to Creating Keys Manually to continue. ■ If you are setting up a new WLAN and have only Adaptec brand products on your WLAN, you can create a passphrase that automatically generates the required keys and sets a default key. Go to Creating Keys With a Passphrase on page 24 to continue. Creating Keys Manually 1 Enter the keys in the WEP Key 1 to WEP Key 4 text boxes. The number of characters in your key depends on the key length: 64-bit key 128-bit key Number of HEX characters 10 26 Number of Alphanumeric characters 5 13 Note: Make a note of the WEP keys so that you can apply them to all Wireless stations on your WLAN. 23

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Changing the Set-up of Your WLAN
4
In the WEP Key Length drop-down box, choose
64-bit key
or
128-bit key
.
Type in the WEP Keys and Default Key used on your WLAN.
Ensure that they
exactly
match your WLAN WEP Keys.
Remember that alphanumeric WEP keys are case-sensitive.
5
Click
Save
.
Your changes are saved. You must reboot your Wireless AP to
apply your changes. Click
Reboot
on the Success page, or
continue working in the Wireless Access Point Utility and click
Reboot from the Administration page (see
page 27
) at the end of
your session. You do not have to reboot your computer.
Setting New WEP Keys
You can set new WEP keys two different ways:
■
Adaptec recommends that you create the keys manually if you
are adding your Wireless AP to an existing WLAN or have any
non-Adaptec brand devices on your WLAN. Go to
Creating Keys
Manually
to continue.
■
If you are setting up a new WLAN and have
only Adaptec brand
products
on your WLAN, you can create a passphrase that
automatically generates the required keys and sets a default key.
Go to
Creating Keys With a Passphrase
on page 24
to continue.
Creating Keys Manually
1
Enter the keys in the WEP Key 1 to WEP Key 4 text boxes.
The number of characters in your key depends on the key length
:
Note:
Make a note of the WEP keys so that you can apply
them to all Wireless stations on your WLAN.
Number of HEX
characters
Number of Alphanumeric
characters
64-bit key
10
5
128-bit key
26
13