CNET

Troubleshooting AirPort 3.3: WEP key entry

For a number of third party wireless access points, AirPort 3.3 (released earlier this month) will not allow entry of a WEP key in the drop-down AirPort network selection menu, forcing users to enter ...
CNET

AirPort WEP Key Slot Problems: Incompatibility with some Windows networks

MacFixIt reader Guy Kuo reports a limitation in Apple's AirPort devices that prevents proper access to Windows-based wireless networks using a WEP slot key other than "1." In essence, if the wireless ...
Ars Technica

Using multiple WEP keys

Does anyone know how common it is for wireless networks to use multiple WEP keys? And how do they cycle between them? Google shows references to using dynamic WEP keys, and tumbling WEP keys, but ...
Ars Technica

[Wireless] What is the point of Open System Authentication with WEP data encryption?

I recently bought a Proxim RangeLAN-DS 802.11b access point. It does not appear to support shared key authentication, although it does support 40-bit and 128-bit WEP for data encryption. So, whether ...
Network World

Do you need four WEP keys per access point?

Q: An option in our access point interface calls for the configuration of four WEP keys. Why would you need four instead of one? Is it in order to share the encryption/decryption load across clients?