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Securing your Wireless Network
Here฀are฀a฀few฀different฀ways฀to฀maximize฀the฀security฀of฀your฀wireless฀
network฀and฀protect฀your฀data฀from฀unwanted฀intrusions.฀This฀section฀is฀
intended฀for฀the฀home,฀home฀office,฀and฀small฀office฀user.฀At฀the฀time฀of฀
publication,฀three฀encryption฀methods฀are฀available.
Encryption Methods:
Name 64-bit฀Wired฀
Equivalent฀Privacy
128-bit฀฀
Encryption
Wi-Fi฀Protected฀
Access
Acronym 64-bit฀WEP 128-bit฀ WPA
Security Good Better Best
Features Static฀keys฀ Static฀keys Dynamic฀key฀
encryption฀and฀mutual฀
authentication
Encryption฀keys฀based฀
on฀RC4฀algorithm฀
(typically฀40-bit฀keys)
Added฀security฀
over฀64-bit฀WEP฀
using฀a฀key฀length฀
of฀104฀bits,฀plus฀24฀
additional฀bits฀of฀
system-generated฀
data
TKIP฀(temporal฀key฀
integrity฀protocol)฀
added฀so฀that฀keys฀are฀
rotated฀and฀encryption฀
is฀strengthened
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
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