Instant Wireless® Series
5.The Security Settings screen, shown in Figure 7-15, will appear. Enable or disable Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption for your wireless net- work. If you enable WEP, enter a Passphrase or WEP key. Click the Next button to continue or the Back button to return to the previous screen.
WEP (Disabled/64-bit WEP/128-bit WEP) - If you do not want to use WEP encryption, choose Disabled. To use WEP encryption (recommended to increase network security), select 64-bit/10 hex. characters or 128- bit/26 hex. characters WEP from the drop-down menu, and enter either a Passphrase or WEP key.
Passphrase - Instead of manually entering WEP keys, you can enter a Passphrase, so that a WEP key is automatically generated. It is case-sensi- tive and should not be longer than 16 alphanumeric characters. This passphrase must match the passphrase of your wireless network and is com- patible with other Linksys wireless products only. (If you have any non- Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key(s) manually on those prod- ucts.)
WEP Key - This WEP key must match the WEP key of your wireless net- work. If you are using 64-bit WEP encryption, then the key must consist of exactly 10 hexadecimal characters. If you are using 128-bit WEP encryp- tion, then the key must consist of exactly 26 hexadecimal characters. Valid hexadecimal characters are “0” to “9” and “A” to “F”.
Key Index - The default transmit key number is 1. If your network’s access point or wire-
less router uses transmit key number 2, 3, or 4, then select the appropri- ate number in the Key Index d r o p - d ow n box.
Figure 7-15
Wireless-B Notebook Adapter
6.The Confirm New
Settings screen (Figure 7-16) will appear. To save the new settings, click the Yes button. To cancel the settings and return to the Profiles screen, click the Exit but- ton. To edit the new settings, click the Back button.
Figure 7-16
7.The Congratulations screen will appear next. Click Activate new settings now to implement the new settings immediately and return to the Link Information screen.
Click Activate new settings later to keep the current settings active, and return to the Profiles screen so that you can edit your profile or cre- ate another profile.
Figure 7-17
You have successfully created a connection profile. Click the X (Close) but- ton in the upper right corner to exit the WLAN Monitor.
