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Changing the Wireless Security Settings, WPA Setup, Setting WPA/WPA2 - myessentials driver

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section Using the Web-Based Advanced User Interface Changing the Wireless Security Settings Your Router is equipped with WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), the latest 1 wireless security standard. It also supports the legacy security standard, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). By default, wireless security is disabled. 2 To enable security, you must first determine which standard you want to use. To access the security settings, click "Security" on the "Wireless" tab. 3 WPA Setup 4 Note: To use WPA security, all your clients must be upgraded to drivers and software that support it. At the time of this User Manual's publication, a security patch download is available, for free, from Microsoft®. This patch works only with the Windows XP operating system. You must also 5 download the latest driver for your Wireless G Notebook Network Card from the MyEssentials support site. Other operating systems are not supported at this time. Microsoft's patch supports only devices with 6 WPA-enabled drivers such as MyEssentials 802.11g products. WPA uses a so-called pre-shared key as the security key. A pre-shared 7 key is a password that is between eight and 63 characters long. It can be 8 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. WPA2 is the second generation of WPA, offering a more advanced 9 encryption technique over WPA. 10 Setting WPA/WPA2 1. Select "WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)" from the "Security Mode" drop-down box. 2. Select "WPA-PSK" for just WPA authentication, or "WPA2-PSK" for just WPA2 authentication, or you may select "WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK" for WPA and WPA2 as the authentication type. 3. Enter your pre-shared key. This can be from eight to 63 characters and can be letters, numbers, or symbols. This same key must be used on all of the clients that you set up. This pre-shared key will allow users full access to your network including shared files and printers. 4. Click "Apply Changes" to finish. You must now set all clients to match these settings depending on the type of access you want them to have. 51

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Changing the Wireless Security Settings
Your Router is equipped with WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), the latest
wireless 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.
WPA Setup
Note:
To use WPA security, all your clients must be upgraded to drivers
and software that support it. At the time of this User Manual’s publication,
a security patch download is available, for free, from Microsoft
®
. This
patch works only with the Windows XP operating system. You must also
download the latest driver for your Wireless G Notebook Network Card
from the MyEssentials support site. Other operating systems are not
supported at this time. Microsoft’s patch supports only devices with
WPA-enabled drivers such as MyEssentials 802.11g products.
WPA uses a so-called pre-shared key as the security key. A pre-shared
key is a password that is between eight and 63 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.
WPA2 is the second generation of WPA, offering a more advanced
encryption technique over WPA.
Setting WPA/WPA2
1.
Select “WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)” from the “Security Mode”
drop-down box.
2.
Select “WPA-PSK” for just WPA authentication, or “WPA2-PSK” for just
WPA2 authentication, or you may select “WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK” for
WPA and WPA2 as the authentication type.
3.
Enter your pre-shared key. This can be from eight to 63 characters and
can be letters, numbers, or symbols. This same key must be used on
all of the clients that you set up. This pre-shared key will allow users
full access to your network including shared files and printers.
4.
Click “Apply Changes” to finish. You must now set all clients to match
these settings depending on the type of access you want them to have.