Philips CPWUA054 manual English, Example of how to secure your wireless network

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Chapter 6 - Example of how to secure your wireless network

This is an example of how to secure your wireless network using the Philips

Wireless USB Adapter 11g Monitor program.

Double-click the CPWUA Monitor icon in the lower right corner of the screen.

Click the ‘Configuration’ tab.Then click the Security sub-tab.The encryption settings are in the lower part of this window.

The encryption (or WEP code) can be seen as a password for your wireless network. Only devices with the correct password may use the network.

Set ‘Key Length' to exactly the same wireless security strength (64 bit or 128 bit) as your Wireless Base Station or other wireless network adapters.The higher the better.Therefore, select ‘128 bit'.