Wireless security setup – Motorola WA840G User Manual

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SECTION 2

INSTALLATION

2-20

WA840G

2 Enter the User ID. The default factory setting is admin.

3 Enter the Password. The default factory setting is motorola.

Once you have logged in, for security reasons, you should change the User ID

and Password. See Wireless Security Setup.

4 Click Log In to enter the access point’s Web-based Configuration

Utility.

Wireless Security Setup

To set up the correct security protocols for your access point:

1 Select Control Panel > Device Security.

2 In the Change User ID field, enter in your User ID. Create an ID

that contains multiple case-sensitive characters as well as
numbers. It cannot be longer than 64 characters.

3 In the Change User Password field, enter your Login Password.

Create a password that contains multiple case-sensitive
characters as well as numbers and symbols like “_ + )”. It cannot
be longer than 64 characters.

4 Re-enter your Password.
5 Click Apply.

6 Once the settings have been accepted, click Restart and log

back into the Configuration Utility using your new User ID and
Password.

7 Select to Wireless > Basic.

8 Change the SSID to a user-friendly name and click Apply.

9 Navigate to Wireless > Security.

10 Select WPA-PSK from the ESS Authentication options.

11 Select TKIP from Encryption Status options.

12 Enter a new Pass Phrase in the Pass Phrase field. The Pass

Phrase must be between 8 and 63 characters.

13 Enter your Pass Phrase again in the Pass Phrase Confirm field.

Remember this Pass Phrase so that you can enter the same
phrase for the Motorola client devices on your wireless LAN.

14 Click Apply and then click Restart. Your wireless security

configuration is now complete.

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