User's Manual

Wireless Broadband Router User Manual

are not used” check box is selected by default. You may

choose to enable WEP by selecting the “Data encryption

(WEP enabled)” check box and the “Network Authentication

(Shared mode)” check box..

3. Select the “The key is provided for me automatically” check

box if the shared 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 shared key by clearing this check

box and enter the key and key length manually.

NOTE: The key format must be hexadecimal digits and the key

length is limited to 104-bit in Windows XP as opposed to

128-bit key supported by NDIS driver in the NCP configuration

interface. If the network that you are connecting to require

128-bit WEP key then it is recommended that you disable

Windows XP automatic wireless network configuration and use

NCP configuration instead.

4. If you want to connect to an ad hoc network, but both ad hoc

and infrastructure networks are within range of your computer,

then click Advanced in the Wireless Network tab and then

select “Computer-to-computer (ad hoc)networks only” .Note

that if you want the station to start it own ad hoc network, the

“Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only” option should

be selected. There should be no network active from the

preferred list and the “Automatically connect to non-preferred

network” check box should be cleared..

Connect to an Available Wireless Network

When there is more than one available network detected by

Windows XP, the OS will prompt you to select and connect to a

preferred network. To connect to an available wireless network,

right-click the network connection icon in the notification area, and

then click “View Available Wireless Network”.

In Connect to Wireless Network, under “Available network”, select

the wireless network that you want to connect to. If a network key

is required and is automatically provided for you, then leave

“Network key” blank. If the network key is not automatically