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section Using the Web-Based Advanced User Interface 1 Setting WPA Security Note: To use WPA security, your wireless network cards must be equipped with software that supports WPA. At the time this User 2 Manual was published, a security patch from Microsoft is available for free download. This patch woks only with Windows XP. 3 Your Router supports WPA-PSK (no server). WPA-PSK uses what is known as a pre-shared key as the security key. A pre-shared key is 4 basically a password that is between eight and 63 characters long. It can be a combination of letters, numbers, or characters. Each client uses the same key to access the network. Typically this is the mode 5 that will be used in a home environment. 6 Setting WPA-PSK Note: To use WPA security, your wireless network cards must be equipped with software that supports WPA. At the time this User 7 Manual was published, a security patch from Microsoft is available for free download. This patch woks only with Windows XP. 8 1. From the "Security Mode" drop-down menu, select "WPA-PSK (no server)". 9 2. For "Encryption Technique", select "TKIP" or "AES". This setting will have to be identical on the clients that you set up. 10 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. 11 4. Click "Apply Changes" to finish. You must now set all clients to match these settings. 51

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Using the Web-Based Advanced User Interface
Setting WPA Security
Note:
To use WPA security, your wireless network cards must be
equipped with software that supports WPA. At the time this User
Manual was published, a security patch from Microsoft is available for
free download. This patch woks only with Windows XP.
Your Router supports WPA-PSK (no server). WPA-PSK uses what is
known as a pre-shared key as the security key. A pre-shared key is
basically a password that is between eight and 63 characters long. It
can be a combination of letters, numbers, or characters. Each client
uses the same key to access the network. Typically this is the mode
that will be used in a home environment.
Setting WPA-PSK
Note:
To use WPA security, your wireless network cards must be
equipped with software that supports WPA. At the time this User
Manual was published, a security patch from Microsoft is available for
free download. This patch woks only with Windows XP.
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 63 characters
and can be letters, numbers, or symbols. This same key must be
used on all of the clients that you set up.
4.
Click “Apply Changes” to finish. You must now set all clients to
match these settings.