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New Wireless Connection

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Linksys AE1200/AE2500 New Wireless Connection To connect to a new wireless network: 1. Right-click the Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration icon in your computer's system tray, then click View Available Wireless Networks. A window displays the available wireless networks. 2. Select the network that you want, then click Connect. Wireless Network Configuration: Windows XP 4. If your network uses Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) wireless security, enter the WEP Key in the Network key and Confirm network key fields. If your network uses Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) wireless security, enter the passphrase in the Network key and Confirm network key fields. Click Connect. If the network uses wireless security, go to Step 4. Otherwise, continue to Step 3. 3. Click Connect Anyway to connect the adapter to your unsecured network, then go to Step 5. Note Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration does not support the use of a WEP passphrase. Enter the exact WEP key used by your wireless router or access point. Note If your network is using WPA2 security, make sure that you have installed the Update for Windows XP (KB893357), available at www.microsoft.com. 7

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Wireless±Network±Configuration:±Windows±XP
Linksys±AE1200/AE2500
New Wireless Connection
To connect to a new wireless network:
1.
Right-click±the±
Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration
±icon±in±your±
computer’s±system±tray,±then±click±
View Available Wireless Networks
.±A±
window±displays±the±available±wireless±networks.
2.
Select±the±network±that±you±want,±then±click±
Connect
.
If±the±network±uses±wireless±security,±go±to±Step±4.±Otherwise,±continue±
to±Step±3.
3.
Click±
Connect Anyway
± to± connect± the± adapter± to± your± unsecured±
network,±then±go±to±Step±5.
4.
If± your± network± uses± Wired± Equivalent± Privacy± (WEP)± wireless± security,±
enter±the±WEP±Key±in±the±
Network key
±and±
Confirm network
±
key
±fields.±If±
your±network±uses±Wi-Fi±Protected±Access±(WPA/WPA2)±wireless±security,±
enter±the±passphrase±in±the±
Network key
±and±
Confirm network
±
key
±fields.±
Click±
Connect
.
Note
Windows±XP±Wireless±Zero±Configuration±does±not±support±the±use±
of±a±WEP±passphrase.±Enter±the±exact±WEP±key±used±by±your±wireless±
router±or±access±point.
Note
If±your±network±is±using±WPA2±security,±make±sure±that±you±have±
installed±the±Update±for±Windows±XP±(KB893357),±available±at±
www.microsoft.com
.