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Configure WEP

It is recommended to enable encryption on your wireless router before your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireless connectivity before

enabling encryption. Your wireless signal may degrade when enabling encryption due to the added overhead.

1. Log into the web-based configuration by opening a web browser and entering the IP address of

the router (192.168.0.1).

Click on

Wireless Settings

on the left side.

2. Next to

Security Mode

, select

WEP

.

3. Next to

WEP

Key 1

, enter a WEP key that you create. Make sure you enter this key exactly on all your

wireless devices. You may enter up to 4 different keys.

4. Click

Save Settings

to save your settings. If you are configuring the router with a wireless adapter,

you will lose connectivity until you enable WEP on your adapter and enter the same WEP key as

you did on the router.

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What is WPA?

WPA, or Wi-Fi Protected Access, is a Wi-Fi standard that was designed to improve the security features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy).

The 2 major improvements over WEP:

• Improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP scrambles the keys using a hashing algorithm

and, by adding an integrity-checking feature, ensures that the keys haven’t been tampered with. WPA2 is based on 802.11i and

uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) instead of TKIP.

• User authentication, which is generally missing in WEP, through the extensible authentication protocol (EAP). WEP regulates access

to a wireless network based on a computer’s hardware-specific MAC address, which is relatively simple to be sniffed out and stolen.

EAP is built on a more secure public-key encryption system to ensure that only authorized network users can access the network.

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK uses a passphrase or key to authenticate your wireless connection. The key is an alpha-numeric password between 8 and 63

characters long. The password can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces. This key must be the exact same key entered on your wireless router or

access point.

WPA/WPA2 incorporates user authentication through the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). EAP is built on a more secure public key encryption

system to ensure that only authorized network users can access the network.

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Configure WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

It is recommended to enable encryption on your wireless router before your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireless connectivity before

enabling encryption. Your wireless signal may degrade when enabling encryption due to the added overhead.

1.

Log into the web-based configuration by opening a web browser and entering the IP

address of the router (192.168.0.1).

Click on

Wireless Settings

on the left side.

2. Next to

Security Mode

, select

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

.

3. Next to

Pre-Shared Key

, enter a key (passphrase). The key is an alpha-numeric password

between 8 and 63 characters long. The password can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces.

Make sure you enter this key exactly the same on all other wireless clients.

4. Click

Save Settings

to save your settings. If you are configuring the router with a wireless

adapter, you will lose connectivity until you enable WPA-PSK (or WPA2-PSK) on your

adapter and enter the same passphrase as you did on the router.

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Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network

Connect to a Wireless Network

Using Windows Vista™

Windows

®

Vista

™

users may use the built-in wireless utility. If you are using another company’s utility or Windows

®

2000, please refer to the user

manual of your wireless adapter for help with connecting to a wireless network. Most utilities will have a “site survey” option similar to the Windows

®

Vista

™

utility as seen below.

Right-click on the wireless computer icon in your system tray (lower-right corner

next to the time). Select

Connect to a network

.

If you receive the

Wireless Networks Detected

bubble, click on the center of

the bubble to access the utility.

or

The utility will display any available wireless networks in your area. Click on a

network (displayed using the SSID) and click the

Connect

button.

If you get a good signal but cannot access the Internet, check the TCP/IP settings

for your wireless adapter. Refer to the

Networking Basics

section in this manual

for more information.

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Configure Wireless Security

It is recommended to enable wireless security (WEP/WPA/WPA2) on your wireless router or access point before configuring your wireless adapter.

If you are joining an existing network, you will need to know the security key or passphrase being used.

2.

Highlight the wireless network (SSID) you would like to connect to and click

Connect

.

1.

Open the Windows

®

Vista

™

Wireless Utility by right-clicking on the wireless

computer icon in your system tray (lower right corner of screen). Select

Connect to a network

.