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Using the Belkin Wireless Networking Utility
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the network. Typically, this is the mode that will be used in a
home environment.
WPA (with radius server)
is a system where a radius server distributes
the network key to the clients automatically. This is typically found in a
business environment.
WPA2
requires Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for encryption of
data, which offers much greater security than WPA. WPA uses both
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and AES for encryption.
Most Wi-Fi products ship with security turned off. So once you have your
network working, you need to activate WEP or WPA and make sure all
your wireless devices are sharing the same network key.
IMPORTANT:
You must now set all wireless network cards/adapters to
match these settings.
Configuring your Wireless G Plus Desktop Card to
use Security
At this point, you should already have your wireless router set to use WPA or WEP.
In order for you to gain a wireless connection, you will need to set your Wireless G
Plus Desktop Card to use the same security settings.
Changing the Wireless Security Settings
The Wireless G Plus Desktop Card supports the latest WPA security
feature as well as the legacy WEP security standard. By default, wireless
security is disabled.
To enable security, you will first need to determine which standard is
used by the router. (See your wireless router’s manual for directions on
how to access the security settings.)
To access the security settings on your Card, click the “My Connections”
tab and point to the connection for which you want to change security
settings. Click “Edit” to change settings.
