Changing the Security Settings on the Bridge
To prevent others from accessing your wireless network, you may enable WEP (Wired
Equivalent Privacy) security on your wireless network. If you do so, you’ll need to enable WEP
security in all the devices. If you filled in the parameters on page 6, you may want to refer to
this page .
Note:
The default security setting has WEP security disabled.
1.
Start your browser software.
2.
Type
http://
followed by the IP address for the bridge as
the Web address and press
Enter
(or
Return
).
Note:
The default value is
192.168.0.201
. If you’ve set the bridge to use DHCP, check the
router table to find out what the currect address is for the bridge.
You’ll see the Status page.
3.
To change the WEP settings, click
Wireless Settings
.
4.
Type
admin
as the User ID and type the current password (
password
is the default) as the
Password.
5.
Click
OK
.
6.
Select
Web Data Encryption
to enable WEP security.
7.
Select
Open System
or
Shared
as the Authentication Type.
8.
Select
40/64
or
128
as the Key Length.
9.
If the key is determined through software, type the phrase in the Passphrase box and click
Generate
.
OR
If you entered a key manually for your wireless router or access point, select a Key and
type the hexadecimal values that are used with the wireless router or access point.
10. Click
Apply
.
11. If you are through making changes, click
Logout
.
13
need screenshot of
the config software
showing the WEP
settings
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