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Setting up your wireless router

WEP Setup

To set up 64-Bit WEP encryption:

1Click Security under the Wireless heading on the left menu. The Wireless > Security page opens.

2 Select 64-bit WEP from the Security Mode list.

3Enter your key by typing in the hex key manually, or you can put a check mark in Passphrase, then type in your passphrase.

4Click Generate to generate four different hex keys.

A hex (hexadecimal) key is a combination of numbers and letters from A-F and 0-9. For 64-bit WEP, you need to enter 10 hex characters.

For example: AF 0F 4B C3 D4 = 64-bit WEP key

5Click Apply Changes to save the setting.

Caution: If you are configuring the wireless enhanced G router or access point from a computer with a wireless client, you will need to make sure that security is turned ON for this wireless client. If this is not done, your client will lose its wireless connection.

To set up 128-Bit WEP encryption:

Note to Mac users: The passphrase option will not operate with Apple AirPort. To configure encryption for your Mac computer, set the encryption using the manual method described in the next section.

1Click Security under the Wireless heading on the left menu. The Wireless Security page opens.

2 Select 128-bit WEP from the Security Mode list.

3Enter your key by typing in the hex key manually, or you can put a check mark in Passphrase, then type in your passphrase.

4Click Generate to generate four different hex keys.

A hex (hexadecimal) key is a combination of numbers and letters from A-F and 0-9. For 128-bit WEP, you need to enter 26 hex characters.

For example: C3 03 0F AF 0F 4B B2 C3 D4 4B C3 D4 E7 = 128-bit WEP key

5Click Apply Changes to save the setting.

Caution: If you are configuring the wireless enhanced G router or access point from a computer with a wireless client, you will need to make sure that security is turned ON for this wireless client. If this is not done, your client will lose its wireless connection.

Changing the Wireless Security Settings

Your router is equipped with WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), the latest wireless security standard. It also supports the legacy security standard, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). By default, wireless security is disabled. To enable security, you must first determine which standard you want to use. To access the security settings, click Security under the Wireless heading on the left menu.