NETGEAR RANGEMAX WPN511 User Manual

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User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511

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February 2005

3. Save your settings in a Profile.

a.

Type a descriptive name in the “Profiles” field.

b. Click Save Profile. All the configuration settings are saved in this profile.

c.

Click Apply.

d. Click Close to exit the configuration utility.

4. Select the WEP encryption strength you will use.

The choices are:

64-bit WEP data encryption

128-bit WEP data encryption




Note: Larger encryption keys require more processing and may slow the communications
response times.

5. Select Create with Passphrase and enter the passphrase. The configuration utility will

automatically generate the WEP keys.




Note: The characters are case sensitive. Be sure to use the same passphrase for all the wireless
devices in the network.

If the passphrase method is not available in the other devices, you must manually enter the
keys to match exactly what is in the access point and other 802.11b wireless devices.

6. The Default Key setting must match what is set in the access point and the other 802.11

wireless devices.

7. Click Apply for the changes to take effect.

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