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Section 5 - Security
Wireless Security
This section will show you the dierent levels of security you can use to protect your data from intruders.
TheDCS-932Loersthefollowingtypesofsecurity:
•WPA2-PSK(Pre-SharedKey)
•WEP(WiredEquivalentPrivacy)
What is WEP?
WEPstandsforWiredEquivalentPrivacy.ItisbasedontheIEEE802.11standardandusestheRC4encryptionalgorithm.WEPprovidessecurityby
encrypting data over your wireless network so that it is protected as it is transmitted from one wireless device to another.
TogainaccesstoaWEPnetwork,youmustknowthekey.Thekeyisastringofcharactersthatyoucreate.WhenusingWEP,youmustdetermine
thelevelofencryption.Thetypeofencryptiondeterminesthekeylength.128-bitencryptionrequiresalongerkeythan64-bitencryption.Keys
aredenedbyenteringinastringinHEX(hexadecimal-usingcharacters0-9,A-F)orASCII(AmericanStandardCodeforInformationInterchange
–alphanumericcharacters)format.ASCIIformatisprovidedsoyoucanenterastringthatiseasiertoremember.TheASCIIstringisconvertedto
HEXforuseoverthenetwork.Fourkeyscanbedenedsothatyoucanchangekeyseasily.
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