Belkin F5D7632EA4A WPA with 802.1x radius server, WPA2 Requirements Sharing the Same Network Keys

Manually Configuring your Router

WPA (with 802.1x radius server)

With this system, a radius server distributes the network key to the clients automatically. This is typically found in a business environment.

WPA2

The Router features WPA2, which is the second generation of the WPA-based 802.11i standard. It offers a higher level of wireless security by combining advanced network authentication and stronger AES encryption methods.

WPA2 Requirements

IMPORTANT: In order to use WPA2 security, all your computers and wireless client adapters must be upgraded with patches, drivers, and client utility software that support WPA2. At the time of this User Manual’s publication, a couple security patches are available, for free download, from Microsoft®. These patches work only with the Windows XP operating system. Other operating systems are not supported at this time.

For a Windows XP computer that does not have Service Pack 2 (SP2), a file from Microsoft called “Windows XP Support Patch for Wireless Protected Access (KB 826942)” is available for free download at http://www.microsoft.com/ downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=009D8425-CE2B-47A4-ABEC- 274845DC9E91.

For Windows XP computers with SP2, Microsoft has released a free download to update the wireless client components to support WPA2 (KB893357). The update can be download from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details. aspx?FamilyID=662bb74d-e7c1-48d6-95ee-1459234f4483&DisplayLang=en.

IMPORTANT: You also need to ensure that all your wireless client cards and adapters support WPA2, and that you have downloaded and installed the latest driver. Most of the Belkin wireless cards have updated drivers available for download from the Belkin support site: www.belkin.com/networking. For a list of Belkin wireless products that support WPA/WPA2, please visit our website at www. belkin.com/networking.

Sharing the Same Network Keys

Most Wi-Fi products ship with security turned off. So, once you have your network working, you need to activate WEP or WPA and make sure your wireless networking devices are sharing the same network key.

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