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Belkin G Wireless Modem Router PM01218ea F5D7634-4 User Manual

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Changing the Wireless security settings

Your Router is equipped with WPA/WPA2, the latest wireless security

standard It also supports the legacy security standard, WEP By

default, wireless security is disabled To enable security, you must first

determine which standard you want to use To access the security

settings, click “Security” on the “Wireless” tab

WeP setup

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Select “WEP” from the drop-down menu

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Select “WEP Mode” of 64-bit or 128-bit

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After selecting your WEP mode, you can enter your key by typing in

the hex key manually

A hex (hexadecimal) key is a mixture of numbers and letters from A–F

and 0–9 For 64-bit WEP, you need to enter 10 hex keys For 128-bit

WEP, you need to enter 26 hex keys

For instance:

AF 0F 4B C3 D4 = 64-bit key

C3 03 0F AF 0F 4B B2 C3 D4 4B C3 D4 E7 = 128-bit key

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Click “Apply Changes” to finish Encryption in the Router is now

set Each of your computers on your wireless network will now

need to be configured with the same security settings

WaRnInG: If you are configuring the Wireless Router from a computer

with a wireless client, you will need to ensure that security is turned

ON for this wireless client If this is not done, you will lose your

wireless connection