Belkin N+ PM00781EA F5D8635-4 User Manual

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N+ Wireless Modem Router

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WPa2 Requirements
IMPoRTaNT: In order to use WPA2 security, all your computers

and wireless client adapters must be upgraded with patches, driver,

and client utility software that supported WPA2 . At the time of this

User Manual’s publication, a couple security patches are available,

for free download, from Microsoft

. These patches work only with

the Windows XP operating system . Other operating systems are not

supported at this time .

For Windows XP computers that do not have Service Pack 2 (SP2),

a file from Microsoft called “Windows XP Support Patch for Wireless

Protected Access (KB 826942)” is available for free download at

http://support .microsoft .com/kb/826942

For Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Microsoft has released a free

download to update the wireless client components to support WPA2

(KB971021) . The update is available from:

http://support .microsoft .com/kb/917021

IMPoRTaNT: You also need to ensure that all your wireless client

cards/adapters support WPA2, and that you have downloaded and

installed the latest driver . Most of the Belkin wireless cards have

driver updates available for download from the Belkin support site:

www .belkin .com/networking .

setting WPa/WPa2-Personal (PsK)

Like WPA security, WPA2 is available in both WPA2-Personal (PSK)

mode and WPA2-Enterprise (RADIUS) mode . Typically, WPA2-Personal

(PSK) is the mode that will be used in a home environment, while WPA2-

Enterprise (RADIUS) is implemented in a business environment where

an external radius server distributes the network key to the clients

automatically . This guide will focus on WPA2-Personal (PSK) usage .

Please refer to the User Manual for more information about wireless

security and different types of wireless security .

1 . After you’ve set up your Router, go to the “Security” page under

“Wireless” and select “WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)” from the

“Security Mode” drop-down menu .

2 . For “Authentication”, select “WPA-PSK”, “WPA2-PSK”, or “WPA-PSK

+ WPA2-PSK” . This setting will have to be identical on the wireless

clients that you set up . “WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK” mode will allow the

Router to support clients running either WPA or WPA2 security .

3 . For “Encryption Technique”, select “TKIP”, “AES”, or “TKIP+AES” .

This setting will have to be identical on the wireless clients that you

set up .

4 . Enter your pre-shared key (PSK) . This can be from eight to 63

characters and can be letters, numbers, or symbols . This same

key must be used on all of the wireless clients that you set up . For

example, your PSK might be something like: “Smith family network

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

clients to match these settings .