You can choose to use just one or all of the several levels of security avail-
able to you. In order to secure your connection, follow these steps:
1. Open the Configuration page (dialup or broadband), and click the
Advanced Configuration button. In the menu on the left side of
the Advanced Configuration page, choose Security to open the
Security page.
From the Security page, you can choose from four different security
measures.
2. If you want to enable password protection, put a check mark in the
box and then enter and confirm a password.
Enabling the requirement for a password is the most basic of security
features. It probably won't keep a determined hacker from joining your
network, but it should keep the guy in the next room from barging into
your network.
3. To enable Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), click the Wireless Security
link to open the Wireless Security and Encryption Settings page.
When you're done defining your WEP settings, click Save and reboot
the WiFlyer.
If you choose to use this feature -- and I recommend that you do -- you
need to configure the following WEP settings (see Figure 8-3):
a. Put a check mark in the Enable WEP check box.
b. Choose whether you want 64-bit or 128-bit encryption from the drop-
down list.
I recommend 128-bit encryption, but it's up to you.
c. Choose your encryption keys.
You don't have to enter a key for all four fields, but I recommend it.
64-bit hexadecimal keys must be 10-hex-digits long, and 128-bit
keys must be 26-hex bits long.
A hex-digit is one of 16 letters or numbers, either 0-9 or A-F.
Hexadecimal is a base-16 system in which all the bytes can be rep-
resented by using a combination of two hexadecimal numbers.
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