Edimax Technology 802.11 b Network Card User Manual


 
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NOTE: WPA encryption is safer than WEP, however, some older wireless clients don’t
support WPA encryption.
WPA Pre-shared Please input the WPA pre-shared key here. Only
Key clients with the same pre-shared key you inputted
here will be able to connect to your computer. This setting is only available when you
select one of WPA encryptions.
Group Rekey You can specify the time interval to re-issue the key
Interval to your wireless clients here. You can click the button ’10 seconds’ or ‘Kpackets’ to
change the unit of time interval. (every 10 seconds or a thousand data packets times
the value you specified in ‘Group Rekey Interval’ field)
Wep Key Please input the WEP encryption key here when you
#1 ~ #4 select ‘WEP’ as encryption type. There are 2 types of WEP key: Hex (number 0 to 9,
and ASCII characters A to F) and ASCII (all alphanumerical characters plus symbols).
Please select the type of WEP key first, and then input the WEP key according to the
type of WEP key you selected.
If you want to use WEP 64 bits encryption, please input 10 characters if you select
HEX, or input 5 characters if you select ASCII; If you want to use WEP 128bits
encryption, please input 26 characters if you select HEX, or input 13 characters if you
select ASCII. 128 bits encryption is safer then 64 bits, but the data transfer speed will
be slightly reduced.
Show Password Check this box and the WPA pre-shared key orWEP key you inputted will be shown,
but not replaced by asterisk (*).
OK Click this button to save changes you made in this page.
Cancel Click this button to discard all changes you made in this window.