Ativa AWGR54 - Manual (Page 54)

Using the Web-Based Advanced User Interface
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Changing the Wireless Security Settings
Your Router is equipped with WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), the latest
wireless security standard. It also supports the legacy security standard,
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). By default, wireless security is disabled. To
enable security, you must first determine which standard you want to use.
To access the security settings, click “Security” on the “Wireless” tab.
WPA Setup
Note: To use WPA security, all your clients must be upgraded to drivers and
software that support it. At the time of this User Manual’s publication, a
security patch download is available, for free, from Microsoft
® . This patch
works only with the Windows XP operating system. You must download the
latest driver for your Ativa Wireless G Notebook Card from the Ativa support
site. Other operating systems are not supported at this time. Microsoft’s
patch only supports devices with WPA-enabled drivers such as Ativa
802.11g products.
WPA uses a so-called pre-shared key as the security key. A pre-shared key
is a password that is between eight and 63 characters long. It can be a
combination of letters, numbers, and other characters. Each client uses the
same key to access the network. Typically, this mode will be used in a
home environment.
WPA2 is the second generation of WPA, offering a more advanced
encryption technique over WPA.