User's Manual

Setting up your wireless router

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 support 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 Dynex

wireless cards have driver updates available for download from the Dynex support site

atwww.dynexsupport.com.

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. Your router supports WPA2-Personal (PSK).

To set up WPA/WPA2:

1 After you set up your router, click Security under the Wireless heading on the left

menu. The Wireless > Security page opens.

2 Select WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK) from the Security Mode list.

3 For Authentication, select WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK. This

setting must to be identical on the wireless clients that you set up. WPS-PSK +

WPA2-PSK mode lets your router support clients running either WPA or WPA2

security.

4 For Encryption Technique, select TKIP, AES, or TKIP + AES. This setting must be

identical on the wireless clients that you set up.

5 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 clients that you

set up. For example, your PSK might be something like “Smith family network key.”