NETGEAR XA601 Installation Manual page 13

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Setting Up Your Encryption Software
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(optional)
The NETGEAR Powerline products provide the option to set your own unique encryption key.
The encryption key is used to protect unauthorized access to you network over the powerline
network. This is accomplished by using the NETGEAR Encryption utility supplied on the
"Driver and Documentation" CD. As long as you have completed the steps described in
Section 2: "Driver and Software Installation", the encryption utility has already been installed
on your system. The utility will generate a new key once you define a network password. Each
powerline device must be set with exactly the same password; otherwise they will be unable to
communicate with one another.
Note: Once you begin to change the password for each device, portions of your
network may become disabled until all of the devices have been set with the new
encryption password.
1. Double click on the "Encryption Utility" icon on the Windows desktop.
2. Once the following screen appears, click "Next".
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