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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?

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Unless someone has written a hack to the driver, I don't think so. It wasn't too long ago that Apple actually upgraded their drivers for Airport Cards and AP's to go from 64- to 128-bit.