Belkin Wireless G USB NETWORK ADAPTER Network Adapter page 22

Using the Belkin Wireless Networking Utility
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
WPA is a new Wi-Fi standard that improves upon the security features
of WEP. To use WPA security, the drivers and software of your wireless
equipment must be upgraded to support it. These updates will be found
on your wireless vendor's website. There are three types of WPA security:
WPA-PSK (no server), WPA (with radius server), and WPA2.
WPA-PSK (no server) uses what is known as a pre-shared key as the
network key. A network key is a password that is between eight and
63 characters long. It can be a combination of letters, numbers, or
characters. Each client uses the same network key to access the network.
Typically, this is the mode that will be used in a home environment.
WPA (with radius server) is a system where a radius server
distributes the network key to the clients automatically. This is
typically found in a business environment.
WPA2 requires Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for encryption
of data, which offers much greater security than WPA. WPA uses
both
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and (AES) for encryption.
For a list of Belkin wireless products that support WPA, please
visit our website at www.belkin.com/networking.
Most Wi-Fi products ship with security turned off. So once you have
your network working, you need to activate WEP or WPA and make
sure all your wireless devices are sharing the same network key.
The following diagram shows the effect of not having the correct
network key throughout your network.
Wireless G Router
The Card cannot access the network because it uses a different network key than the one
configured on the wireless router.
IMPORTANT: You must now set all wireless network cards/adapters
to match these settings.
Network key=
MyPassword
Network key=
Network key=
MyPassword MyPassword
Network key=
WRONG Password
Wireless G
Desktop Card
Wireless G
Notebook Card
Wireless G
Desktop Card
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