User's Manual

MW600-B-LO Wireless 802. 11b/g wireless PCI-E Adapter Card
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WPA2-Enterprise
WPA2 with IEEE 802.1X authentication.
•
WPA-Enterprise
WPA with IEEE 802.1X authentication.
•
802.1x
IEEE 802.1X authentication with WEP (also known as dynamic WEP).
The choices listed depend on the capabilities of your wireless network adapter
that are reported to Windows.
The shared key authentication method is not listed. Microsoft strongly
discourages its use because it provides weak security for your wireless network.
To configure shared key authentication, select
No authentication (Open)
here
and then select
Shared
from the
Security
tab in the properties of the wireless
network (described later in this article).
•
Encryption type
Select the method used to encrypt data frames sent over the
wireless network. The choices depend on the selected security type.
•
When the
No authentication (Open)
security type is selected, you can select
None
.
•
When the
WEP
security type is selected, you can select
WEP
.
•
When the
802.1x
security type is selected, you can select
WEP
.
•
When the
WPA2-Personal
,
WPA2-Enterprise
,
WPA-Personal
,
WPA-Enterprise
security types are selected, you can select
TKIP
.
The choices listed depend on the capabilities of your wireless network adapter
that are reported to Windows.
•
Security Key/Passphrase
Type the WEP key (if you selected the
WEP
security
type), the WPA preshared key (if you selected the
WPA-Personal
security type),
or the WPA2 preshared key (if you selected the
WPA2-Personal
security type).
For the
WPA2-Enterprise
,
WPA-Enterprise
, and
802.1x
security types, the
security key is determined automatically when Windows Vista performs wireless
authentication.
•
Display characters
Specifies whether you want to view the value typed in
Security Key/Passphrase
.
•
Start this connection automatically
Specifies whether Windows Vista will
automatically connect to this wireless network. If you clear this checkbox, you must
manually connect to the wireless network from the
Connect to a network
dialog
box.