User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About This Manual
- Chapter 1 Basic Setup
- Chapter 2 Network Connections and Wireless Security
- Understanding the Smart Wizard
- Finding a Network
- Profiles
- Setting up a Profile to Connect to an Access Point or Router
- Setting up a Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc) Profile
- Wireless Security
- Wireless Network Name (SSID) and Security Settings
- Setting up WEP Encryption Security
- Setting up WPA2-PSK Security
- Setting up WPA-PSK Security
- Networks Page
- Statistics Page
- About Page
- Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A Default Configuration Settings and Technical Specifications
- Appendix B Related Documents
NETGEAR Next 300 Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN121T User Manual
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v1.0, August 2006
4. Select the WEP encryption strength you will use.
The choices are:
• 64-bit WEP data encryption
• 128-bit WEP data encryption
5. Select Create with Passphrase and enter the passphrase. The configuration utility will
automatically generate the WEP keys.
If the passphrase method is not available in the other devices, you must manually enter the
keys to match exactly what is in the access point and other 802.11b wireless devices.
6. Save your settings in a Profile.
a. Click Save Profile. All the configuration settings are saved in this profile.
b. Click Apply.
c. Click Close to exit the configuration utility.
Setting up WPA2-PSK Security
Follow the steps below to configure WPA2-PSK Security.
1. Run the Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter Smart Wizard.
a. Make sure the software is installed and the Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter is fully inserted in a
USB port in your computer.
Note: The 128-bit encryption keys require more processing, and slow performance
slightly.
Note: The characters are case sensitive. Be sure to use the same passphrase for all the
wireless devices in the network.