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I am having difficulty setting up Wired equivalent Privacy (WeP)
security on my belkin Router�
1� Log into your Router.
Open your web browser a nd type in the IP address of the Ro uter.
(The Router’s default is 192.168.2.1.) Log into your Router by clicking
on the “Login” button in the top right-hand corner of the sc reen. You
will be asked to enter you r password. If you n ever set a password ,
leave the “Password” fiel d blank and click “Submit”.
Click the “Wireless” t ab on the left of your screen. Sel ect the
“Encryption” or “Secu rity” tab to get to the security settings page.
2� Select “128-bit WEP” from the drop-down menu.
3� After selecting your WEP encryptio n mode, you can t ype in
your hex WEP key manually, or yo u can type in a passphrase
in the “Passphrase” fie ld and click “Gen erate” to create a W EP
key from the passphrase . Click “Apply Change s” to finish. You
must now set all of your clients to match th ese settings. A hex
(hexadecimal) key is a m ixture of number s and letters f rom A-F
and 0-9. For 128-bit WEP, you need to enter 26 hex keys.
For example:
C3 03 0f af 4b b2 C3 d4 4b C3 d4 e7 e4 = 128-bit key
Limiting the wireless t ransmit rate—Limitin g the wireless tr ansmit rate
can help improve the ma ximum wireless r ange and connec tion stability.
Most wireless cards h ave the ability to l imit the transmis sion rate. To
change this propert y, go to the Windows Co ntrol Panel, open “Network
Connections” and doubl e-click on your wireless card’s con nection. In
the properties dialo g, select the “Co nfigure” button o n the “General” t ab
(Windows 98 users wil l have to select th e wireless card in the list box
and then click “Proper ties”), then choo se the “Advanced” tab and select
the rate property.
Wireless client card s are usually set to automatically a djust the wireles s
transmit rate for you, bu t doing so can c ause periodic di sconnects when
the wireless signal is too weak; as a ru le, slower transmis sion rates are
more stable. Experime nt with differen t connection rate s until you find the
best one for your enviro nment. Note that a ll available transm ission rates
should be acceptable for browsing the In ternet. For more a ssistance,
see your wireless car d’s user manual.