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Securing your Wireless Network
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Most฀wireless฀products฀ship฀with฀security฀turned฀off.฀So฀once฀you฀have฀
your฀network฀working,฀you฀may฀need฀to฀activate฀WEP฀or฀WPA฀and฀
make฀sure฀all฀your฀wireless฀devices฀are฀sharing฀the฀same฀network฀key.
The฀following฀diagram฀shows฀the฀effect฀of฀not฀having฀the฀correct฀
network฀key฀throughout฀your฀network.
The฀Card฀cannot฀access฀the฀network฀because฀it฀uses฀a฀different฀
network฀key฀than฀the฀one฀configured฀on฀the฀wireless฀router.
Setting Up your Belkin Wireless Router or Access Point
to Use Security
To฀start฀using฀security,฀you฀need฀to฀first฀enable฀WEP฀or฀WPA฀for฀your฀
wireless฀router฀(or฀access฀point).฀For฀Belkin฀Wireless฀Routers฀and฀
Access฀Points,฀these฀security฀features฀can฀be฀configured฀by฀using฀the฀฀
web-based฀interface.฀(See฀your฀wireless฀router฀or฀access฀point฀฀
manual฀for฀directions฀on฀how฀to฀access฀the฀management฀interface.)
Wireless G Router
Wireless G Notebook
Network Card
Wireless G Desktop
Network Card
Wireless G Desktop
Network Card
Network Key=
WRONG Password
Network Key=
MyPassword
Network Key=
MyPassword
Network Key=
MyPassword