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Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter
Setting Network Security Parameters
Note
After you enter a WEP key, you can write over it, but you cannot edit or delete it.
Step 7
Click the Transmit Key button to the left of the key you want to use to transmit packets. Only one WEP
key can be selected as the transmit key.
Step 8
Click OK to return to the Profile Manager screen; then click OK or Apply to save your changes.
Overwriting an Existing Static WEP Key
Follow the steps below to overwrite an existing static WEP key.
Note
You can overwrite existing WEP keys, but you cannot edit or delete them.
Step 1
Look at the current WEP key settings in the middle of the Network Security screen. A checkmark
appears in the Already Set? box for all existing static WEP keys.
Note
For security reasons, the codes for existing static WEP keys do not appear on the screen.
Step 2
Decide which existing static WEP key you want to overwrite.
Step 3
Click within the blank field of that key.
Step 4
Enter a new key, following the guidelines outlined in
Step 6
of the
“Entering a New Static WEP Key”
section on page 5-28
.
Step 5
Make sure the Transmit Key button to the left of your key is selected, if you want this key to be used to
transmit packets.
Step 6
Click OK to return to the Profile Manager screen; then click OK or Apply to save your changes
Disabling Static WEP
If you ever need to disable static WEP for a particular profile, select No WEP under WEP on the
Network Security screen, click OK, and click OK or Apply on the Profile Manager screen.
Note
Selecting LEAP from the Network Security Type drop-down box on the Network Security screen
disables static WEP automatically.
