<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 30/05/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Price</b> <<a href="mailto:andy@andrewprice.me.uk">andy@andrewprice.me.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 30/05/07 18:06, London School of Puppetry wrote:<br>> Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does?<br>> Caroline (LSP)<br><br>Hi Caroline,<br><br>Note: I'm a computer science geek but I'll try to keep this simple :)
<br><br>WEP ("Wired Equivalent Privacy") basically provides a layer of security<br>on top of a wireless network connection. In order to connect to a<br>WEP-secured network with your wireless card, you need to provide your
<br>network connection manager with the WEP key for that network. The WEP<br>key is a string of characters (you can think of it as a sort of<br>password). Not all wireless connections use WEP, some are completely<br>open, some use different kinds of security methods.
<br><br>I'm sure someone will mention this next bit so I'll get there first: WEP<br>has been found to be quite easy to circumvent, so it's not that good a<br>way of securing a wireless network, but it's better than nothing and
<br>it's still used quite widely.<br><br>Hope that helps.<br><br>--<br>Andy Price<br><a href="http://andrewprice.me.uk">http://andrewprice.me.uk</a></blockquote><div><br>Hi Andy, that was well explained- I have also looked on wikipedia and read about WAPs
<br>but what no-one has explained to me in what it looks like- In my hand I have something called 802.11b/g Security Gateway. Is this a WEP or a WAP ? I have plugged it in to the computer, then plugged it using another cable into my Alcatel Speed Touch Pro Router thinking I would get
<br>use of my lap top downstairs for Internet but lost all internet connection for both computers?<br>Is there something not compatible?<br>Caroline<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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