User's Manual

Wireless Broadband Router User Manual
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the “Use Windows to configure my wireless network setting” check
box.
Infrastructure Mode
To set up automatic wireless network configuration to connect to
an existing Access Point (infrastructure network),follow these
steps:
1. Click the network name under “Available networks” in the
Wireless Networks tab, and click Configure. You can update
the list of available networks that are within range of your
computer by clicking Refresh under Available Networks.
2. If the network requires WEP, then the “Data encryption (WEP
enabled)” check box is elected by default in Wireless Network
Properties.
3. Select “The key is provided for me automatically” check box if
the WEP key is automatically provided for you. The driver will
then use the Default Encryption key from the current NCP
configuration profile irrespective of the network name.
You may choose to enter the WEP key by clearing this check
box and manually entering the network key and key length.
NOTE: The key format must be hexadecimal digits and the
key length is limited to 104-bit in Window XP, as opposed to
128-bit key supported by NDIS driver in the NCP configuration
interface. If the network that you are connecting to requires
128-bit WEP key, then it is recommended that you disable
Windows XP automatic wireless network configuration and use
NCP configuration instead.
Ad Hoc Mode
To connect to an existing computer-to-computer (ad hoc)network:
1. Click the ad hoc network name under “Available networks” in
the Wireless Network tab, and click Configure.
2. In Wireless s Network Properties, the “This is a
computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network; wireless access point