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USING THE WEB-BASED ADVANCED USER INTERFACE
Changing the Wireless Security Settings
Your Router is equipped with WPA (Wireless Protected Access), the latest security
standard . It also supports the legacy security standard, WEP (Wired Equivalent
Privacy). By default, wireless security is disabled. To enable security, you must
first determine which standard you want to use. To access the security settings,
click “Security” on the Wireless tab.
Setting WPA Security
Note: To use WPA security, all your clients must be upgraded to drivers and
software that support it. At the time of this manual’s publication, a security patch
download is available, for free, from Microsoft. This patch works only with the
Windows XP operating system. You also need to download the latest driver for your
Belkin 54g Wireless PCI or CardBus card from the Belkin support site. Other
operating systems are not supported at this time. Microsoft’s patch only supports
devices with WPA-enabled drivers such as Belkin 54g products.
There are two types of WPA security: WPA-PSK (no server) and WPA (with server).
WPA-PSK uses a so-called pre-shared key as the security key. A pre-shared key is a
password that is between eight and 40 characters long. It can be a combination
of letters, numbers, and other characters. Each client uses the same key to access
the network. Typically, this mode will be used in a home environment.
WPA (with server) is a configuration wherein a radius server distributes the keys
to the clients automatically. This is typically used in a business environment.
Setting WPA-PSK (no server)
1.
From the “Security Mode” drop-down menu, select “WPA-PSK (no server)”.
2.
For Encryption Technique, select “TKIP” or “AES”. This setting will have to be
identical on the clients that you set up.
3.
Enter your pre-shared key. This can be from eight to 40 characters and can be
letters, numbers, or symbols. This same key must be used on all of the clients
that you set up. For example, your PSK might be something like: “Smith
family network key”.
