Belkin F5D7234-4 User Manual

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Wireless G Router

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Problem:
Do Belkin products support WPA?

solution:
note: To use WPA security, all your clients must be upgraded to drivers

and software that support it. At the time of this publication, a security

patch download is available, for free, from Microsoft. This patch works

only with the Windows XP operating system.

Download the patch here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=009d8425-

ce2b-47a4-abec-274845dc9e91&displaylang=en

You also need to download the latest driver for your Belkin Wireless

802.11g Desktop or Notebook Network Card from the Belkin support

site. Other operating systems are not supported at this time. Microsoft’s

patch only supports devices with WPA-enabled drivers such as Belkin

802.11g products.

Download the latest drivers at http://www.belkin.com/support.

Problem:
I am having difficulty setting up Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security

on a Belkin Wireless Router or Belkin Access Point for a home network.

solution:

1� From the “Security Mode” drop-down menu, select “WPA-PSK

(no server)”.

2�

For “Encryption Technique”, select “TKIP” or “AES”. This setting

will have to be identical on the clients that you set up.

3�

Enter your pre-shared key. This can be from eight to 63 characters

and can be letters, numbers, symbols, or spaces. This same key

must be used on all of the clients that you set up. For example,

your PSK might be something like: “Smith family network key”.

4�

Click “Apply Changes” to finish. You must now set all clients to

match these settings.