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• Cancel—Click the Cancel button to return to the previous dialog box, either the New
Profile dialog box or the Edit Profile dialog box, without saving your specifications.
• Signal Strength—Displays the strength of the signal. Signal Strength is based on the peak
signal level the wireless adapter receives from the wireless device to which it is
connected.
• Signal Quality—Displays the quality of the signal. Signal Quality is a signal-to-noise ratio,
which is a measurement comparing strength of the signal with the background noise
on the wireless network.
WEP Configuration Dialog Box
Use this dialog box to configure the settings for WEP encryption.
This page includes the following components:
WEP Type—Select the WEP encryption format, 64-bit encryption or 128-bit encryption,
from the menu.You must use the same WEP encryption format for all devices on your
wireless network.
Key Format—Select the format for the WEP key,ASCII or Hex, from the menu. Select
ASCII if you want to use alphanumeric characters. Select Hex if you want to use
hexadecimal characters.You must use the same WEP key format for all devices on your
wireless network.
WEP Key—Enter your WEP key.Your WEP key is the shared encryption key that is
required before a device can access your network.The following table displays the
appropriate length of the WEP key, which is based on the WEP Type and Key Format
values.
WEP Type Key Format WEP Key
64-bit encryption ASCII 5 characters
64-bit encryption Hex 10 characters
128-bit encryption ASCII 13 characters
128-bit encryption Hex 26 characters
Okay—Click the Okay button to save your settings and return to the previous page.
Cancel—Click the Cancel button to cancel your action.
• Signal Strength—Displays the strength of the signal. Signal Strength is based on the peak
signal level the wireless adapter receives from the wireless device to which it is
connected.
• Signal Quality—Displays the quality of the signal. Signal Quality is a signal-to-noise ratio,
which is a measurement comparing strength of the signal with the background noise
on the wireless network.
Note: Some wireless products offer only 64-bit WEP encryption. If any products on
your network offer only 64-bit WEP encryption,WEP Type must be 64-bit
encryption.
Note: Hexadecimal is a more common WEP key format than ASCII. If your network
contains products from different vendors, select Hex to ensure WEP key
compatibility.
