Trouble with Linksys Router and WEP keys with Windows XP

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I am using a Linksys WRT51AB wireless router and I am having trouble getting
the encryption to work properly. When I go to enter the WEP keys under the
router setup I have three choices, 64, 128 and 152 bit. The trouble is that
when I go to enter the WEP key in windows it only gives me the option of 40
or 104 bit. How do I get this to work if they won't use the same encryption
levels?

Paul

 

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In article <031CD6EF-336C-4AA6-9C40-F9C74E1D4A99@microsoft.com>,
"radman44" <radman44@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I am using a Linksys WRT51AB wireless router and I am having trouble getting
>the encryption to work properly. When I go to enter the WEP keys under the
>router setup I have three choices, 64, 128 and 152 bit. The trouble is that
>when I go to enter the WEP key in windows it only gives me the option of 40
>or 104 bit. How do I get this to work if they won't use the same encryption
>levels?
>
>Paul

The choices are actually the same in the router setup and Windows, but
they don't look like it. The difference occurs because a WEP key
contains 24 bits that aren't user-settable, and different vendors use
different terminology:

64-bit (40+24) is the same as 40-bit
128-bit (104+24) is the same as 104-bit
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