WPA security

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I have a XP professional deskop, Belkin router. My wife has a XP Home
notebook, connected via wireless using the Belkin. During the install,
she got a message that wireless security is unsecured. We tried to set
up WPA security. We have a problem with the step, "Enter your pre-shared
key". What is this key? How is it defined? We just tried entering
something in the password box, and then we could not get to the Internet
at all! We had to uninstall, reset, and install again. What is this key
or password?

Thank you very much.
 
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| I have a XP professional deskop, Belkin router. My wife has a XP Home
| notebook, connected via wireless using the Belkin. During the install,
| she got a message that wireless security is unsecured. We tried to set
| up WPA security. We have a problem with the step, "Enter your pre-shared
| key". What is this key? How is it defined? We just tried entering
| something in the password box, and then we could not get to the Internet
| at all! We had to uninstall, reset, and install again. What is this key
| or password?
|
| Thank you very much.
 
Sanford Aranoff said:
I have a XP professional deskop, Belkin router. My wife has a XP Home
notebook, connected via wireless using the Belkin. During the install,
she got a message that wireless security is unsecured. We tried to set
up WPA security. We have a problem with the step, "Enter your pre-shared
key". What is this key? How is it defined? We just tried entering
something in the password box, and then we could not get to the Internet
at all! We had to uninstall, reset, and install again. What is this key
or password?

Thank you very much.
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Dig out the manual for the Belkin router. Many of them have a default user
and password set up automatically. After you finish the setup you can define
your own easy to remember user name and password.

There is also usually a way to reset the router to factory default settings,
just in case you had set a password some time before and you forgot it. Once
again, the manual for the router is what you need.
 
I have a XP professional deskop, Belkin router. My wife has a XP Home
notebook, connected via wireless using the Belkin. During the install,
she got a message that wireless security is unsecured. We tried to set
up WPA security. We have a problem with the step, "Enter your pre-shared
key". What is this key? How is it defined? We just tried entering
something in the password box, and then we could not get to the Internet
at all! We had to uninstall, reset, and install again. What is this key
or password?

Thank you very much.
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You create the key yourself. WEP is an acronym for Wired Equivalent
Privacy. The Router uses WEP encryption to protect your data. Your
router features two rates of encryption; 64-bit and 128-bit. Encryption
works on a system of keys. The key on the computer must match the key on
the Router. There are two ways to make a key. The easiest way is to
create the key from a passphrase (like a password).The software in the
router will convert your passphrase into a key. The advanced method is
to enter the keys manually
You need to log on to the security page on your Routers home page.
Selecting 64 or 128 should bring up a page with boxes on it. Into these
boxes you type a hexadecimal code that needs to be then inputted into
all PC's that access the router. There are password utilities that take
a word or phrase and generate the appropriate hexadecimal string for
inputting into these boxes.

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