NETGEAR WPNT834 User Manual

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Reference Manual for the RangeMax 240 Wireless Router WPNT834

Wireless Configuration

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v1.0, November 2005

4. Select the Authentication Type and Encryptions strength from the drop-down lists.

5. You can manually or automatically program the four data encryption keys. These values must

be identical on all computers and Access Points in your network.

Automatic—Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase box and click
the Generate button. The passphrase is case sensitive; NETGEAR is not the same as
nETgear. The four key boxes is automatically populated with key values.

Manual—Enter ten hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F). These
entries are not case sensitive; AA is the same as aa.

Select which of the four keys to activate.

See

“Wireless Communications” in Appendix B

for a full explanation of each of these options,

as defined by the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication standard.

6. Click Apply to save your settings.

Figure 4-5

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