NETGEAR WPNT834 manual V1.0, November

Reference Manual for the RangeMax 240 Wireless Router WPNT834

4.Select the Authentication Type and Encryptions strength from the drop-down lists.

Figure 4-5

5.You can manually or automatically program the four data encryption keys. These values must be identical on all computers and Access Points in your network.

•Automatic—Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase box and click the Generate button. The passphrase is case sensitive; NETGEAR is not the same as nETgear. The four key boxes is automatically populated with key values.

•Manual—Enter ten hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F). These entries are not case sensitive; AA is the same as aa.

Select which of the four keys to activate.

See “Wireless Communications” in Appendix B for a full explanation of each of these options, as defined by the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication standard.

6.Click Apply to save your settings.

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