Wireless-B Notebook Adapter
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5. The
Security Settings
screen, shown in Figure 7-15, will appear. Enable or
disable Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption for your wireless net-
work. If you enable WEP, enter a Passphrase or WEP key. Click the
Next
button to continue or the
Back
button to return to the previous screen.
WEP (Disabled/64-bit WEP/128-bit WEP)
- If you do not want to use
WEP encryption, choose
Disabled
. To use WEP encryption (recommended
to increase network security), select
64-bit/10 hex. characters
or
128-
bit/26 hex. characters WEP
from the drop-down menu, and enter either a
Passphrase or WEP key.
Passphrase
- Instead of manually entering WEP keys, you can enter a
Passphrase, so that a WEP key is automatically generated. It is case-sensi-
tive and should not be longer than 16 alphanumeric characters. This
passphrase must match the passphrase of your wireless network and is com-
patible with other Linksys wireless products only. (If you have any non-
Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key(s) manually on those prod-
ucts.)
WEP Key
- This WEP key must match the WEP key of your wireless net-
work. If you are using 64-bit WEP encryption, then the key must consist of
exactly 10 hexadecimal characters. If you are using 128-bit WEP encryp-
tion, then the key must consist of exactly 26 hexadecimal characters. Valid
hexadecimal characters are “0” to “9” and “A” to “F”.
Key Index
- The default transmit key number is
1
. If your network’s access
point or wire-
less router
uses transmit
key number
2, 3, or 4,
then select
the appropri-
ate number in
the
Key Index
d r o p - d o w n
box.
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6. The
Confirm New
Settings
screen
(Figure 7-16) will
appear. To save the
new settings, click
the
Yes
button. To
cancel the settings
and return to the
Profiles
screen,
click the
Exit
but-
ton. To edit the new
settings, click the
Back
button.
7. The
Congratulations
screen will appear next. Click
Activate new settings
now
to implement the new settings immediately and return to the
Link
Information
screen.
Click
Activate new
settings later
to
keep the current
settings active, and
return to the
Profiles
screen so
that you can edit
your profile or cre-
ate another profile.
You have successfully created a connection profile. Click the X (Close) but-
ton in the upper right corner to exit the WLAN Monitor.
Figure 7-16
Figure 7-17
Instant Wireless
®
Series
Figure 7-15
