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Establishing a WLAN Connection Manually
Establishing a WLAN Connection Manually
Installing a WLAN
Adapter
If you are using a WLAN adapter from another manufactur-
er, you can also establish the WLAN connection manually.
To do so, proceed as follows:
1.
Switch on your computer.
2.
Install the WLAN adapter in your computer along with
the appropriate software. Please take note of the in-
structions in the documentation of the adapter.
3.
In order to establish a WLAN connection to the
FRITZ!Box, you can use the WLAN software for the
WLAN adapter, or the WLAN software supplied with
the operating system.
Establishing a
Connection
The FRITZ!Box is delivered with preset values for WLAN se-
curity. You must enter these values during the configura-
tion of the WLAN adapter.
If you would like to establish a WLAN connection using
these preset values, then your WLAN adapter must sup-
port the WPA encryption procedure.
1.
Start the WLAN software.
2.
Enter the following values for the connection be-
tween the FRITZ!Box and the WLAN adapter:
3.
Confirm your entries using the relevant button in the
user interface (for instance, “OK” or “Connect”).
Now your WLAN adapter and the FRITZ!Box are connected
with each other wirelessly.
SSID (name of the
WLAN radio network)
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7340
Encryption methods
WPA (TKIP) or WPA2 (AESCCMP)
Encryption
WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK (AES)
WLAN key
The key is printed on the sticker on
the base of the device.
Network mode
Infrastructure
