User Guide

Wireless Network Configuration

NETGEAR Mobile Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1310

Configure WEP

Note: If you use a wireless computer to configure wireless security

settings, you will be disconnected when you click Apply. Reconfigure

your wireless computer to match the new settings, or access the

router from a wired computer to make further changes.

 To configure WEP data encryption:

1. Log in to the router as describe

d in Log In to Your Router on page 12.

2. From the main menu, select W

ireless Settings to display the Wireless Settings screen.

3. In the Security Options section, select the WEP (Wire

Equivalent Privacy) radio button:

4. Select the Authentication Type setting: Automatic,

Open System, or Shared Key. The default is Open

System.

Note: The authentication is separate from the data

encryption. You

can

select authentication that

requires a shared key, but still leaves data

transmissions unencrypted. Security is stronger if

you use both the Shared Key and WEP encryption

settings.

5. Select the En

cryption S

trength setting:

• 64-bit. Use

10 hexadecimal digits (any

combination of 0–9, a–f, or A–F).

• 128-bit. Use

26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0–9, a–f, or A–F).

6. Enter the

encryption keys. You can manually or automatically program the four data

encryption keys. These values have to be identical on all computers and access points in

your network:

• Pass

phrase. To use a passphrase to generate the keys, enter a passphrase, and

ick Generate. This automatically creates the keys. Wireless stations have to use the

passphrase or keys to access the router.

Note: Not all wireless adapters support passphrase key generation.

• Key 1–Key4. These values are not case-sensitive. You can manually enter the four

data encryption keys. These values have to be identical on all computers and access

points in your network. Enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0

–9, a–f, or

–F).