User's Manual

• If WEP is disabled on the WLAN, go straight to step 4.

• If WEP is enabled on the WLAN, go to the

New Profile window’s Security panel.

To enable WEP in this profile, pull down the Method list and select 64-Bit, 128-Bit,

256-Bit. Controls for selecting the “key input method” (that is, key format) and

for entering keys will appear.

If you are unsure of how to set the Method and Key Input Method controls, you

can determine the correct settings from the length and contents of the WLAN’s key

or keys. Read the following two paragraphs very carefully.

“Hex” is hexadecimal (base 16) notation. A WEP key in hex format can contain

only hex digits. The hex digits are the numerals 0 through 9 and the letters A

through F (case does not matter: “A” has the same meaning as “a” in hex). The

key must contain an exact number of hex digits: 10 for 64-bit WEP, 26 for 128-

bit WEP, and 58 for 256-bit WEP. (A WEP key in hex format may be written

with spaces or colons between pairs of digits. Be sure to count and type only the

digits.)

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) means plain text.

A WEP key in ASCII format can contain any characters you can type on your

keyboard, including spaces. Case matters: “A” and “a” are treated as different

characters. The key must contain an exact number of characters: 5 for 64-bit

WEP, 13 for 128-bit WEP, and 29 for 256-bit WEP.

64-bit WEP allows the use of one to four keys, and the

Default Key control must be

set to the key currently in use on the WLAN. If using 128- or 256-bit WEP, type the

key into the

Key 1 box. Remember that 256-bit WEP can only be used by devices

from the same product family as your adapter.

The

Auth. Mode (authentication mode) control is set by default to Open. In open

authentication, a request to join a WLAN is never encrypted. If the WLAN uses

“shared” authentication (where requests to join must be encrypted), set this control

Shared. (If Auth. Mode is set to Auto, the adapter will try both methods. Some

WLANs allow this, and some do not.).

4. Click

OK.

The utility will save the profile and ask if you want to connect to the WLAN.

5. Click

Yes.

Connection is usually very quick. If your computer needs to obtain settings (such as an IP

address) from a server on the network, this may take a few seconds. The utility’s

Information panel shows the state of the connection. It also displays your computer's IP

address and other TCP/IP settings (this is for convenience only; these settings are not

directly related to wireless networking).