Samsung MagicLAN SWL-2100N User Manual

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24If you select mandatory, you need to setup the AP also and enter the same Key forcommunicating other clients associated with the AP or with AP itself.WEP Key Generation:There are two ways of generating the WEP key. The first is by entering any text in thePassphrase. And click on Generate. It will generate four WEP keys as Key 1, Key 2, Key 3,and Key 4. You can select any key for the security. If you do not select any key, Key 1 isselected, as it is default key. Then click on Write and it will update the registry and driver.Another WEP key generation method is by inserting the Key values directly from thekeyboard. And click on the Write to update driver and registry. Select the Key number anduse that Key for accessing the Access Point. If the Key is not entered correctly, a clientcannot access the resources. This Key value protects the illegal access to the wirelessnetwork resources. As the wireless channel is more prone to the illegal access, WEPprovides the users safe access.Warning: Use of the WEP key makes your data secure but there is degradation in thethroughput performance when we employ the WEP key.Table: Number of Operation ChannelsChannel# Frequency FCC Canada ETSI Spain France Japan1 2412MHz2 2417MHz3 2422MHz4 2427MHz5 2432MHz