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What Is a WEP Key?

Sunday September 17, 2006
| FAQ | A WEP key is a type of security code used on some WiFi wireless networks. WEP keys allow a group of devices on a local network to exchange encoded messages with each other privately. A WEP key is a sequence of digits and also certain letters.
→ See also - What Is WPA?

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