Belkin Wireless Router F5D7234-4-H User Manual

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TRoUblesHooTInG

Problem:

I am having difficulty setting up Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) security

on a Belkin Wireless Router or Belkin Access Point�

solution:

1�

Log into your Wireless Router or Access Point�

Open your web browser and type in the IP address of the Wireless

Router or Access Point� (The Router’s default is 192�168�2�1, the Access

Point’s default is 192�168�2�254�) Log into your Router by clicking on the

“Login” button in the top, right-hand corner of the screen� You will be

asked to enter your password� If you never set a password, leave the

password field blank and click “Submit”�

Click the “Wireless” tab on the left of your screen� Select the

“Encryption” or “Security” tab to get to the security settings page�

2�

Select “128-bit WEP” from the drop-down menu�

3�

After selecting your WEP encryption mode, you can type in your

hex WEP key manually, or you can type in a passphrase in the

“Passphrase” field and click “Generate” to create a WEP key from

the passphrase� Click “Apply Changes” to finish� You must now

set all of your clients to match these settings� A hex (hexadecimal)

key is a combination of numbers and letters from A–F and 0–9� For

128-bit WEP, you need to enter 26 hex keys�

For example:

C3 03 0f af 4b b2 C3 d4 4b C3 d4 e7 e4 = 128-bit key

4�

Click “Apply Changes” to finish� Encryption in the Wireless 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 or Access Point

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�

note to Mac users: Original Apple AirPort products support 64-bit

encryption only� Apple AirPort 2 products can support 64-bit or 128-bit

encryption� Please check your Apple AirPort product to see which

version you are using� If you cannot configure your network with 128-bit

encryption, try 64-bit encryption�