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Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router MBRN3000 Configuring WEP Note: If you use a wireless computer to configure wireless security settings, you will be disconnected when you click Apply. Reconfigure your wireless computer to match the new settings, or access the router from a wired computer to make further changes. To configure WEP data encryption: 1. Log in to the router as described in "Logging In to Your Router" on page 9. 2. From the main menu, select Wireless Settings to display the Wireless Settings screen. 3. In the Security Options section, select the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) radio button: 4. Select the Authentication Type: Automatic, Open System, or Shared Key. The default is Open System. Note: The authentication is separate from the data encryption. You can select authentication that requires a shared key, but still leaves data transmissions unencrypted. Security is stronger if you use both the Shared Key and WEP encryption settings. 5. Select the Encryption Strength setting: • WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64-bit encryption. Enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F). • WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 128-bit encryption. Enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F). 6. Enter the encryption keys. You can manually or automatically program the four data encryption keys. These values must be identical on all computers and Access Points in your network: • Passphrase. To use a passphrase to generate the keys, enter a passphrase, and click Generate. This automatically creates the keys. Wireless stations must use the passphrase or keys to access the router. Note: Not all wireless adapters support passphrase key generation. • Key 1-Key4. These values are not case-sensitive. You can manually enter the four data encryption keys. These values must be identical on all computers and access 18 | Chapter 2: Wireless Network Configuration

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Chapter 2:
Wireless Network Configuration
Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router MBRN3000
Configuring WEP
Note:
If you use a wireless computer to configure wireless security
settings, you will be disconnected when you click Apply. Reconfigure
your wireless computer to match the new settings, or access the
router from a wired computer to make further changes.
To configure WEP data encryption:
1.
Log in to the router as described in
“Logging In to Your Router”
on page
9.
2.
From the main menu, select Wireless Settings to display the Wireless Settings screen.
3.
In the Security Options section, select the
WEP
(Wired Equivalent Privacy)
radio button:
4.
Select the
Authentication Type
:
Automatic
,
Open System
, or
Shared Key
. The default is
Open System.
Note:
The authentication is separate from the
data encryption. You can select
authentication that requires a shared key, but
still leaves data transmissions unencrypted.
Security is stronger if you use both the Shared
Key and WEP encryption settings.
5.
Select the
Encryption Strength
setting:
•
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64-bit
encryption
. Enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0–9, a–f, or A–F).
•
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 128-bit encryption
. Enter 26 hexadecimal digits
(any combination of 0–9, a–f, or A–F).
6.
Enter the encryption keys. You can manually or automatically program the four data
encryption keys. These values must be identical on all computers and Access Points in your
network:
•
Passphrase
. To use a passphrase to generate the keys, enter a passphrase, and
click
Generate
. This automatically creates the keys. Wireless stations must use the
passphrase or keys to access the router.
Note:
Not all wireless adapters support passphrase key generation.
•
Key 1-Key4
. These values are
not
case-sensitive. You can manually enter the four
data encryption keys. These values must be identical on all computers and access