Motorola WU830G manual Installation, Small Office/Home Office Users, Security Options

SECTION 2 INSTALLATION

Small Office/Home Office Users

The access point that communicates with the WU830G has a pre-assigned network name (SSID) that the WU830G recognizes upon startup.

!If you are setting up a new wireless network and want to use WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) security, use any string of characters on the wireless router/access point for the network key. This will generate a HEX or ASCII key that you must match when setting up your WU830G.

!If you are connecting to an existing WEP enabled network, obtain the network key from the wireless router/access point.

!If you are connecting to a WPA-enabled access point, obtain the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) wireless network key information (network authentication type, encryption type, network key) from the wireless router/access point.

Security Options

The WU830G is designed for both the home user and business. WPA is a powerful, standards-based, interoperable security technology for wireless local area networks (the subset of the future IEEE Std 802.11i standard) that encrypts data sent over radio waves.

The WPA protocol was developed to overcome the weaknesses of the WEP protocol. Both protocols require the use of network key information, and either protocol can be enabled or disabled, depending on the type of network connection being made.

Various options are available for selecting network authentication and data encryption. It is important for you to understand these options when deciding which (if any) security protocol to use.

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