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6Click Apply Changes to finish. You must now set all clients to match these settings depending on the type of access you want them to have.

Important: Make sure that your wireless computers are updated to work with WPA2 and have the correct settings to get proper connection to your router.

Setting WPA Security

Note: To use WPA security, your wireless network cards must be equipped with software that supports WPA. At the time this User Manual was published, a security patch from Microsoft is available for free download. This patch works only with Windows XP.

Your router supports WPA-Personal (PSK), which uses a pre-shared key (PSK) as the security key. A pre-shared key is basically a password that is between eight and 63 characters long. It can be a combination of letters, numbers, or characters. Each client uses the same key to access the network. Typically this is the mode that will be used in a home environment.

To set WPA-PSK security:

1From the Security Mode drop-down menu, select WPA/WPA-Personal (PSK).

2For Encryption Technique, select TKIP or AES. This setting will have to be identical on the clients that you set up.

3Enter your pre-shared key. This can be from eight to 63 characters and can be letters, numbers, or symbols. This same key must be used on all of the clients that you set up.

4Click Apply Changes to finish. You must now set all clients to match these settings.