Netgear DG834G [48/204] Security options

DG834G Reference Manual

4-6 Wireless Configuration

v3.0, September 2005

• Security Options

Table 4-1. Wireless Security Options

Field Description

Disable

Wireless security is not used.

WEP (Wired

Equivalent

Privacy)

You can select the following WEP options:

Authentication Type

• Open: the DG834G does not perform any authentication.

• Shared: WEP shared key authentication. For a full explanation of WEP shared key,

see “Wireless Communications:” on page A-1.

Encryption Strength

• If Shared or Open Network Authentication is enabled, you can choose 64- or 128-bit

WEP data encryption.

Note: With Open Network Authentication and 64- or 128-bit WEP Data Encryption, the

DG834G does perform 64- or 128-bit data encryption but does not perform any

authentication.

Security Encryption (WEP) Key

These key values must be identical on all wireless devices in your network (key 1 must

be the same for all, key 2 must be the same for all, and so on).

The DG834G provides two methods for creating WEP encryption keys:

• Passphrase. These characters are case sensitive. Enter a word or group of printable

characters in the Passphrase box and click the Generate button.

Note: Not all wireless adapters support passphrase key generation.

• Manual. These values are not case sensitive.

64-bit WEP: enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F).

128-bit WEP: enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F).

WPA-PSK (Wi-

Fi Protected

Access Pre-

Shared Key)

WPA Pre-Shared-Key uses a pre-shared key to perform the authentication and

generate the initial data encryption keys. Then, it dynamically varies the encryption key.

For a full explanation of WPA, see “Wireless Communications:” on page A-1.

Note: Not all wireless adapters support WPA. Furthermore, client software is required

on the client. Windows XP and Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 do include the client

software that supports WPA. Nevertheless, the wireless adapter hardware and driver

must also support WPA.