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Setting Up Windows XP Wireless Network Utility to Use WPA-PSK

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In฀order฀to฀use฀WPA-PSK,฀ensure฀that฀you฀are฀using฀“Windows฀

Wireless฀Network฀Utility”฀by฀doing฀the฀following:฀

1.฀ Right-click฀on฀“Wireless฀Network฀Connection”฀and฀select฀“Properties”.

2.฀ Clicking฀on฀the฀“Wireless฀Networks”฀tab฀will฀display฀the฀following฀

screen.฀Ensure฀the฀“Use฀Windows฀to฀configure฀my฀wireless฀network฀

settings”฀check฀box฀is฀checked.

3.฀ Clicking฀the฀“Configure”฀button฀will฀allow฀you฀to฀choose฀your฀

Network฀Authentication฀type.฀

4.฀ For฀home฀or฀small฀business฀users฀select฀“WPA-PSK”฀฀

under฀“Network฀Authentication”.

Note: Select฀WPA฀if฀you฀are฀using฀this฀computer฀to฀connect฀to฀a฀

corporate฀network฀that฀supports฀an฀authentication฀server฀such฀฀

as฀a฀radius฀server,฀please฀consult฀your฀network฀administrator฀for฀

further฀information.

5.฀ Select฀“TKIP”฀or฀“AES”฀under฀“Data฀Encryption”.฀This฀setting฀will฀

have฀to฀be฀identical฀to฀the฀wireless฀router฀that฀you฀set฀up.

6.฀ Type฀in฀your฀encryption฀key฀in฀the฀“Network฀key”฀box.

Important: Enter฀your฀pre-shared฀key.฀This฀can฀be฀from฀8฀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.

7.฀ Click฀“OK”฀to฀apply฀settings.

Setting up Windows XP WZC Utility to use WPA

Note:฀If฀you฀have฀not฀already,฀you฀must฀download฀the฀WPA฀update฀

from฀Microsoft฀Windows฀Update฀to฀enable฀WPA฀support.฀This฀can฀

be฀found฀at฀the฀Microsoft฀website฀by฀searching฀for฀the฀term฀“WPA฀

Wireless”.฀Locate฀the฀update฀called฀KB826942,฀download฀it฀and฀

update฀your฀operating฀system.

Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility

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