Symbol Technologies AP-4131 Network Router User Manual


 
Configuring the AP
90 AP-4131 Access Point Product Reference Guide
2.6.1 40-Bit WEP Encryption
Select 40-bit from the Key Width field of the WEP Encryption Configuration
screen, and select the Encryption Key Maintenance option to display the
Encryption Key Maintenance screen.
Symbol Access Point
Encryption Key Maintenance
*
PassKey ******************
.Key 1 * 00000 00000
.Key 2 00000 00000
.Key 3 00000 00000
.Key 4 00000 00000
* = Active Key
Note: This screen has Write-Only access. Keys can be set but not displayed. Zeros
are displayed to indicate the field sizes. A line containing all zeros allows
the corresponding key to remain unchanged.
OK-[CR] Save-[F1] Save All APs-[F2] Cancel-[ESC]
Each key has 40-bits available to the user for configuration and are
displayed in two 20-bit segments. The remaining 24 IV (initialization vector)
bits are factory set and not user configurable.
1. Enter a PassKey (optional) as a plain text representation of the WEP keys
in the Encryption Key Maintenance screen.
The access point transforms the PassKey string into set of 4 WEP keys
using MD5 algorithms. When <Enter> is pressed, the WEP keys appear
in the WEP key fields and are the active keys. Once the keys appear in
the WEP fields, the screen behaves as if the keys were entered manually.
Pressing [F1] saves the keys to flash (keys remain active) and pressing
[ESC] discards the keys.
The PassKey provides an easy way to enter WEP key data without having
to remember the entire 40-bit (10 character) or 128-bit (26 character)
Hex digit string.