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Chapter 3 - Reference

Chapter 3

Windows Settings

Config - Encryption Tab

Lets you configure the ASUS WLAN Card encryption settings. For data

confidentiality in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.11 specifies a Wired

Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to offer transmission privacy similar to

wired network. The WEP uses keys to encrypt transmit data packets and decrypt

received data packets. The encryption process can scramble frame bits to avoid

disclosure to others.

Pull Down Menus

Data encryption (WEP enabled)

This option allows you to enable or disable the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

function. If this check box is selected, a WEP Key is used to encrypt your data

before it is transmitted over the air.

If you enable WEP encryption, you will only be able to communicate with

wireless devices that have use the same WEP keys.

WEP Key

This option is enable only if you enable WEP Encryption. The WEP Key is a

64 bits (5 byte) or 128 bits (13 byte) Hexadecimal digits that is used to encrypt

transmit data packets and decrypt received data packets.

Key Format

You can enter the WEP Key as a Hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F), or as

ASCII characters, based on the state of the Key Format.

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