To enable WEP in this profile, pull down the Method list and select 64-Bit,
128-Bit, or 256-Bit. Controls for selecting the "key input method" (that is,
key format) and for entering keys will appear.
If you are unsure of how to set the
Method and Key Input Method controls,
you can tell from the length and contents of the WLAN's key or keys.
Read the following two paragraphs very carefully.
"Hex" is hexadecimal (base 16) notation. A WEP key in
hex format can contain only hex digits. The hex digits are
the numerals 0 through 9 and the letters A through F (case
does not matter; "A" has the same meaning as "a" in hex).
The key must contain an exact number of hex digits: 10 for
64-bit WEP, 26 for 128-bit WEP, and 58 for 256-bit WEP.
(A WEP key in hex format may be written with spaces or
colons between pairs of digits. Be sure to count and type
only the digits.)
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information
Interchange) means plain text. A WEP key in ASCII format
can contain any characters you can type on your keyboard,
including spaces. Case matters; "A" and "a" are treated as
different characters. The key must contain an exact number
of characters: 5 for 64-bit WEP, 13 for 128-bit WEP, and
29 for 256-bit WEP.
64-bit WEP allows the use of one to four keys, and the
Default Key control
must be set to the key currently in use. If using 128- or 256-bit WEP, type
the key into the
Key 1 box.
The
Auth. Mode (authentication mode) control is set by default to Open. In
open authentication, a request to join a WLAN is never encrypted. If the
WLAN uses shared authentication (where requests to join must be
encrypted), set this control to
Shared. (If Auth. Mode is set to Auto, the
adapter will try both methods. Some WLANs allow this, and some do not.)
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