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Chapter 4: Setting Up and Connecting the Wireless-G Notebook Adapter with SRX400

Setting Up the Adapter

Wireless-G Notebook Adapter with SRX400

Setting Up the Adapter with an Available Network

The available networks are listed in the table on the center of the screen by SSID. Select the wireless network

you wish to connect to and click the Connect button. (If you do not see your network listed, you can click the

Refresh button to bring the list up again.) If the network utilizes wireless security, you will need to configure

security on the Adapter. If not, you will be taken directly to the Congratulations screen.

1. If wireless security has been enabled on this network, you will see a wireless security screen. If your network

uses WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption, the WEP Key Needed for Connection screen will appear. If

your network uses WPA Personal or WPA2 Personal security, a screen will appear for one of those encryption

methods.

WEP Key Needed for Connection

Select the level of encryption you want to use, 64-bit or 128-bit.

Then, enter a passphrase or WEP key.

Passphrase - Enter a passphrase in the Passphrase field, so a WEP key is automatically generated. The

passphrase is case-sensitive and should not be longer than 31 alphanumeric characters. It must match the

passphrase of your other wireless network devices and is compatible with Linksys wireless products only. (If

you have any non-Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key manually on those products.)

WEP Key 1 - The WEP key you enter must match the WEP key of your wireless network. For 64-bit

encryption, enter exactly 10 hexadecimal characters. For 128-bit encryption, enter exactly 26 hexadecimal

characters. Valid hexadecimal characters are “0” to “9” and “A” to “F”.

Then, click Connect and proceed to the Congratulations screen. To cancel the connection, click Cancel.

Figure 4-5: Available Wireless Network Screen

Figure 4-6: WEP Key Needed for Connection

wep (wired equivalent privacy): a method of encrypting

network data transmitted on a wireless network for

greater security.

encryption: encoding data transmitted in a network.

wpa (wi-fi protected access): a wireless security

protocol using TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol)

encryption, which can be used in conjunction with a

RADIUS server.

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