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Chapter 5: Using the Wireless Network Monitor
Create a New Profile
Wireless-G Business USB Network Adapter with RangeBooster
4. If you chose
Infrastructure Mode
, go to Step 5 now. If you chose
Ad-Hoc Mode
, the
Ad-Hoc Mode Settings
screen will appear.
Select the correct operating channel for your wireless network. The channel you choose should match the
channel set on the other devices in your wireless network. If you are unsure about which channel to use, keep
the default setting.
Click the
Next
button. Click the
Back
button to change any settings.
5. If your wireless network doesn’t have wireless security, select
Disabled
and then click the
Next
button to
continue. Proceed to Step 6.
If your wireless network has wireless security, select the method of security used:
WEP
,
WPA/WPA2
Personal
,
WPA/WPA2 Enterprise
,
RADIUS or LEAP
. WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, and WPA
stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA uses a stronger security method than WEP and WPA2 defines an even
stronger encryption, authentication, and key management than WPA. RADIUS stands for Remote
Authentication Dial-In User Service. LEAP stands for Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol. It uses
username and password-based authentication between a wireless client and a RADIUS server. Click the
Next
button to continue or the
Back
button to return to the previous screen.
Proceed to the appropriate section for your security method: WEP, WPA/WPA2-Personal, WPA/WPA2-
Enterprise, RADIUS, or LEAP.
WEP
WEP
- Select
64-bit or 128-bit
encryption
Passphrase
- Enter a passphrase in the
Passphrase
field, so a WEP key is automatically generated. It is case-
sensitive and should not be longer than 16 alphanumeric characters. This passphrase must match the
passphrase of your other wireless network devices and is compatible with Linksys wireless products only. (If
you have any non-Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key manually on those products.)
WEP Key
- The WEP key you enter must match the WEP key of your wireless network. For 64-bit encryption,
enter exactly 10 hexadecimal characters. For 128-bit encryption, enter exactly 26 hexadecimal characters.
Valid hexadecimal characters are “0” to “9” and “A” to “F”.
Advanced Users
TX Key
- The default transmit key number is 1. If your network’s access point or wireless router uses transmit
key number 2, 3, or 4, select the appropriate number from the
TX Key
drop-down box.
wep
(wired equivalent privacy): a method of encrypting network
data transmitted on a wireless network for greater security.
wpa
(wi-fi protected access): a wireless security protocol using
TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption, which can be
used in conjunction with a RADIUS server.
wpa2
offers a stronger encryption than wpa by using the AES
(Advanced Encryption Standard) which is a block cipher with
block sizes of 128, 192 or 256 bits.
Figure 5-15: Creating a Profile - Manual Setup -
Wireless Security - WEP
Figure 5-14: Creating a Profile - Manual Setup -
Wireless Security - Disabled
