NETGEAR WNR1000v3h2 manual Safeguarding Your Network

N150 Wireless Router User Manual

authentication. Anyone can join the network. This setting provides very little practical wireless security.

•Shared Key. With Shared Key authentication, a wireless device must know the WEP key to join the network. Select the encryption strength (64 or 128 bit data encryption). Manually enter the key values, or enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase field. Manually entered keys are not case-sensitive, but passphrase characters are case-sensitive.

To configure WEP data encryption:

Note: If you use a wireless computer to configure WEP settings, you will be disconnected when you click Apply. You must then either configure your wireless adapter to match the wireless router WEP settings or access the wireless router from a wired computer to make any further changes. Not all wireless adapter configuration utilities support passphrase key generation.

1.Select Wireless Settings under Setup in the main menu.

2.In the Security Options section, select WEP. The WEP options display.

Figure 3.

3.Select the authentication type and encryption strength.

4.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. In the Passphrase field, enter a word or group of printable characters, and click Generate. The passphrase is case-sensitive. For example, NETGEAR is not the same as nETgear. The four key fields are automatically populated with key values.

•Manual. Enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0–9, a–f, or A–F). These entries are not case-sensitive. For example, AA is the same as aa.

Select which of the four keys to activate.

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