Using the Belkin Wireless Networking Utility
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
WPA is a new
WPA (with radius server) is a system where a radius server distributes the network key to the clients automatically. This is typically found in a business environment.
WPA2 requires Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for encryption of data, which offers much greater security than WPA. WPA uses both
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and (AES) for encryption. For a list of Belkin wireless products that support WPA, please visit our website at www.belkin.com/networking.
Most
The following diagram shows the effect of not having the correct network key throughout your network.
Network key=
MyPassword
Wireless G
Desktop Card
Network key= | Network key= |
MyPassword | MyPassword |
Wireless G Router
Wireless G
Notebook Card
Network key=
WRONG Password
Wireless G
Desktop Card
The Card cannot access the network because it uses a different network key than the one configured on the wireless router.
IMPORTANT: You must now set all wireless network cards/adapters to match these settings.
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