Ex-factory, WEP128 encryption is activated for every unconfigured LANCOM Wireless Router as standard. This encryption is only to be used until the WLAN is configured for the first time.
Ex-factory, LANCOM Access Points are set to "managed mode" as standard, and the WLAN modules are switched off. For this reason the first-time configuration of LANCOM Access Points via WLAN is not possible. This WEP encryption in WLAN devices being managed by a LANCOM WLAN Controller is overwritten by the central encryption settings in the profiles of the WLAN Controller.
The key for the standard WEP encryption consists of the first letter “L” followed by the LAN MAC address of the access point in ASCII characters. The LAN MAC addresses of the LANCOM devices always begin with the character string “00A057”. You will find the LAN MAC address on a sticker on the base of the device. Only use the number labeled as “MAC address” that starts with “00A057”. The other numbers that may be found are not the LAN MAC address.
A device with the LAN MAC address “00A0570FB9BF” thus has a standard WEP key of “L00A0570FB9BF”. This key is entered into the ‘Private WEP settings’ of the device for each logical WLAN network as ‘Key 1’.
To use a WLAN adapter to establish a connection to a new LANCOM access point, the WEP128 encryption must be activated for the WLAN adapter and the standard 13-character WEP key entered.