NETGEAR WPNT834 - Manual (Page 49)

Reference Manual for the RangeMax 240 Wireless Router WPNT834
Wireless Configuration 4-11
v1.0, November 2005
4. Select the Authentication Type and Encryptions strength from the drop-down lists.
5. You can manually or automatically program the four data encryption keys. These values must
be identical on all computers and Access Points in your network.
• Automatic—Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase box and click
the Generate button. The passphrase is case sensitive; NETGEAR is not the same as
nETgear. The four key boxes is automatically populated with key values.
• Manual—Enter ten hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F). These
entries are not case sensitive; AA is the same as aa.
Select which of the four keys to activate.
See “Wireless Communications” in Appendix B for a full explanation of each of these options,
as defined by the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication standard.
6. Click Apply to save your settings.
Figure 4-5