User manual NETGEAR WG602 V3 REFERENCE MANUAL

[. . . ] Reference Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point WG602v3 NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Phone 1-888-NETGEAR 202-10060-02 February 2005 202-10060-02, February 2005 NETGEAR, INC. Technical Support Please register to obtain technical support. Please retain your proof of purchase and warranty information. To register your product, get product support or obtain product information and product documentation, go to www. netgear. com. [. . . ] The receiving device decrypts the data using the same WEP Key. For authentication purposes, the network uses Open System Authentication. Use WEP for Authentication and Encryption: A transmitting 802. 11 device encrypts the data portion of every packet it sends using a configured WEP Key. The receiving device decrypts the data using the same WEP Key. For authentication purposes, the wireless network uses Shared Key Authentication. Note: Some 802. 11 access points also support Use WEP for Authentication Only (Shared Key Authentication without data encryption). Wireless Networking Basics 202-10060-02, February 2005 B-5 Reference Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point WG602v3 Key Size The IEEE 802. 11 standard supports two types of WEP encryption: 40-bit and 128-bit. The 64-bit WEP data encryption method allows for a five-character (40-bit) input. Additionally, 24 factory-set bits are added to the forty-bit input to generate a 64-bit encryption key. The 24 factory-set bits are not user-configurable). This encryption key will be used to encrypt/decrypt all data transmitted via the wireless interface. Some vendors refer to the 64-bit WEP data encryption as 40-bit WEP data encryption since the user-configurable portion of the encryption key is 40 bits wide. The 128-bit WEP data encryption method consists of 104 user-configurable bits. Similar to the forty-bit WEP data encryption method, the remaining 24 bits are factory set and not user configurable. Some vendors allow passphrases to be entered instead of the cryptic hexadecimal characters to ease encryption key entry. 128-bit encryption is stronger than 40-bit encryption, but 128-bit encryption may not be available outside of the United States due to U. S. When configured for 40-bit encryption, 802. 11 products typically support up to four WEP Keys. Each 40-bit WEP Key is expressed as 5 sets of two hexadecimal digits (0-9 and A-F). For example, "12 34 56 78 90" is a 40-bit WEP Key. When configured for 128-bit encryption, 802. 11 products typically support four WEP Keys but some manufacturers support only one 128-bit key. The 128-bit WEP Key is expressed as 13 sets of two hexadecimal digits (0-9 and A-F). For example, "12 34 56 78 90 AB CD EF 12 34 56 78 90" is a 128-bit WEP Key. Table B-1: 64-bit (24+40) 128-bit (24+104) Encryption Key Sizes # of Hexadecimal Digits 10 26 Encryption Key Size Example of Hexadecimal Key Content 4C72F08AE1 4C72F08AE19D57A3FF6B260037 Note: Typically, 802. 11 access points can store up to four 128-bit WEP Keys but some 802. 11 client adapters can only store one. Therefore, make sure that your 802. 11 access and client adapters' configurations match. B-6 202-10060-02, February 2005 Wireless Networking Basics Reference Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point WG602v3 WEP Configuration Options The WEP settings must match on all 802. 11 devices that are within the same wireless network as identified by the SSID. [. . . ] The Wi-Fi Alliance will call this, 'WPA-Personal. ' Wi-Fi Protected Access and IEEE 802. 11i Comparison Wi-Fi Protected Access will be forward-compatible with the IEEE 802. 11i security specification currently under development by the IEEE. Wi-Fi Protected Access is a subset of the current 802. 11i draft, taking certain pieces of the 802. 11i draft that are ready to bring to market today, such as its implementation of 802. 1x and TKIP. These features can also be enabled on most existing Wi-Fi CERTIFIED products as a software upgrade. The main pieces of the 802. 11i draft that are not included in Wi-Fi Protected Access are secure IBSS, secure fast handoff, secure de-authentication and disassociation, as well as enhanced encryption protocols such as AES-CCMP. [. . . ]