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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Important:
฀WPA-PSK฀is฀a฀mixture฀of฀numbers฀and฀letters฀from฀A-Z฀
and฀0-9.฀For฀WPA-PSK฀you฀can฀enter฀eight฀to฀63฀characters.฀This฀
network฀key฀needs฀to฀match฀the฀key฀you฀assign฀to฀your฀Wireless฀
Router฀(or฀Access฀Point).
Click฀“OK,฀then฀“Apply”฀to฀save฀the฀settings.฀I฀am฀NOT฀using฀a฀
Belkin฀Wireless฀Card฀for฀a฀home฀network฀and฀I฀am฀having฀difficulty฀
setting฀up฀Wi-Fi฀Protected฀Access฀(WPA)฀security.
If฀you฀are฀not฀using฀a฀Belkin฀Wireless฀Desktop฀or฀Wireless฀Notebook฀
Network฀Card฀that฀is฀not฀equipped฀with฀WPA-enabled฀software,฀a฀
file฀from฀Microsoft฀called฀“Windows฀XP฀Support฀Patch฀for฀Wireless฀
(Wi-Fi)฀Protected฀Access”฀is฀available฀for฀free฀download.฀Download฀
the฀patch฀from฀Microsoft฀by฀searching฀the฀knowledge฀base฀for฀
Windows฀XP฀WPA.
Note:
฀The฀file฀that฀Microsoft฀has฀made฀available฀works฀only฀with฀
Windows฀XP.฀Other฀operating฀systems฀are฀not฀supported฀at฀this฀
time.฀You฀also฀need฀to฀ensure฀that฀the฀wireless฀card’s฀manufacturer฀
supports฀WPA฀and฀that฀you฀have฀downloaded฀and฀installed฀the฀
latest฀driver฀from฀their฀support฀site.
Supported Operating Systems:
•฀ Windows฀XP฀Professional฀
•฀ Windows฀XP฀Home฀Edition
Problem:
Enabling฀WPA-PSK฀(no฀server)
Solution:
1.
Under฀Windows฀XP,฀click฀“Start฀>฀Control฀Panel฀>฀Network฀
Connections”.
2.
Right-click฀on฀the฀“Wireless฀Networks”฀tab.฀Ensure฀the฀“Use฀
Windows฀to฀configure฀my฀wireless฀network฀settings”฀check฀box฀
is฀checked.฀
3.
Under฀the฀“W
ir
e
less฀Networks”฀tab,฀click฀the฀“Configure”฀button.
4.
For฀a฀home฀or฀
small฀business฀user,฀select฀“WPA-PSK”฀under฀
“Network฀Administration”
.
Note:
฀Select฀WPA฀(with฀radius฀server)฀if฀you฀are฀using฀this฀computer฀
to฀connect฀to฀a฀corporate฀network฀that฀supports฀an฀authentication฀