User guide

Chapter 4: Setting up and Connecting the Wireless-G Network Adapter with RangeBooster

Setting up the Adapter

Wireless-G USB Network Adapter with RangeBooster

4. If you chose Infrastructure Mode, go to Step 5 now. If you chose Ad-Hoc Mode, the Ad-Hoc Mode Settings

screen will appear.

Select the correct operating channel for your wireless network. The channel you choose should match the

channel set on the other devices in your wireless network. If you are unsure about which channel to use, keep

the default setting.

Click the Next button. Click the Back button to change any settings.

5. If your wireless network doesn’t have wireless security, select Disabled and then click the Next button to

continue. Proceed to Step 6.

If your wireless network has wireless security, select the method of security used: WEP, WPA-Personal,

PSK2, WPA-Enterprise, or RADIUS. WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, and WPA stands for Wi-Fi

Protected Access. PSK2 stands for Pre-shared Key2. WPA is a stronger security method than WEP. RADIUS

stands for Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. Click the Next button to continue or the Back button to

return to the previous screen.

Proceed to the appropriate section for your security method: WEP, WPA-Personal, PSK2, WPA-Enterprise, or

RADIUS.

WEP

WEP - Select 64-bit or 128-bit encryption

Passphrase - Enter a passphrase in the Passphrase field, so a WEP key is automatically generated. It is case-

sensitive and should not be longer than 16 alphanumeric characters. This passphrase must match the

passphrase of your other wireless network devices and is compatible with Linksys wireless products only. (If

you have any non-Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key manually on those products.)

WEP Key - The WEP key you enter must match the WEP key of your wireless network. For 64-bit encryption,

enter exactly 10 hexadecimal characters. For 128-bit encryption, enter exactly 26 hexadecimal characters.

Valid hexadecimal characters are “0” to “9” and “A” to “F”.

Advanced Users

TX Key - The default transmit key number is 1. If your network’s access point or wireless router uses transmit

key number 2, 3, or 4, select the appropriate number from the TX Key drop-down box.

Figure 4-13: Wireless Security - WEP

Figure 4-12: Ad-Hoc Mode Settings