When entering WEP codes into your wireless product, you better do it right, or you won’t get a connection!

  • One ASCII Character is Eight (8) Bits

  • One HEX Character is Four (4) Bits

  • 40 or 64 bit ASCII WEP code has characters

  • 40 or 64 bit HEX WEP code has 10 characters

  • 128 bit ASCII WEP code has 13 characters

  • 128 bit HEX WEP code has 26 characters

 

For more information on why these numbers are the way they are, go here.