User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Setting Up the Gateway on a Network
- Changing the Gateway Settings
- Using the Advanced Feature Set
- Accessing advanced features
- Changing your gateway password
- Changing your advanced wireless settings
- Setting your transfer rate
- Setting your operating channel
- Using system tools
- Establishing routing protocols
- Refining DHCP server addressing
- Assigning virtual server settings
- Using access control features
- Changing your gateway IP address
- IP addressing in network adapters
- Universal Plug and Play
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Glossary
- 802.11b
- Ad Hoc Mode
- Adapter
- Access Point (AP)
- ASCII characters
- DHCP
- Driver (Device Driver)
- DNS
- Encryption
- Ethernet
- Ethernet address (MAC address)
- Firewall
- Gateway
- Hexadecimal
- Hub
- Infrastructure Mode
- IEEE
- ISP
- LAN
- Mbps
- NAT
- Peer-to-Peer Mode
- Profiles (Network Profiles)
- Protocols (Network Protocols)
- Resources (Network resources)
- Roaming
- SSID
- Subnet
- Subnet mask
- Switch
- TCP/IP
- UPnP
- USB
- VPN
- Glossary
- Specifications
- Regulatory Compliance Statements
- Index
Chapter 3 – Changing the Gateway Settings
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A 104(128)-bit key can consist of 26 hexadecimal digits
or 13 case-sensitive ASCII characters:
• Example Hex Key: 10111 2EF14 1510 2453
6543 9991
• Example ASCII Key: IntelWireless
Step-by-step To manually enter a 40(64)-bit ASCII encryption key:
1 Open the Wireless Gateway screen, and then click
Setup Wizard.
2 From the Setup Wizard,clickNetwork Encryption
Settings.
The Network Encryption Settings screen appears.
3 Click Enter a key manually.
Although you can use only one encryption key at a
time, having four sets of keys allows you to quickly
change your encryption if necessary.
4 Select 40(64)-bit encryption level.
5 Select ASCII Characters as the Key Format.
6 Enter any combination of 5 case-sensitive characters
in the box.
7 Click Save/Next to apply the change to the gateway.
In the wizard, click Save/Next until you see the Save
& Restart button to activate and restart your
gateway.
Disable
encryption
If you are not worried about security and want to slightly
improve data transmission, you can disable encryption.
Important! Be sure to also disable encryption for
each adapter in your wireless network. Refer to the
documentation for your wireless adapter. If you are a
Windows XP user, see Using Windows* XP Client
Configuration Manager on page 18 for details.
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