Belkin N150 Micro Network Card User Manual


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INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE ADAPTER
ConnectingtoaSecureWi-Fi
®
Network
If you choose to connect to a secure network,
determinethetypeofsecurity(WPA/WPA2orWEP)
and use the appropriate field in the dialog box.
Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a less secure, but
more widely adopted wireless security protocol. Depending
onthesecuritylevel(64-or128-bit),theuserwillbe
askedtoinputa10-or26-characterhexkey.Ahexkey
is a combination of letters, a–f, and numbers, 0–9.
Wi-FiProtectedAccess
®
(WPA
®
/WPA2
®
) is the new standard
inwirelesssecurity.Insteadofahexkey,WPA/WPA2usesonly
passphrases, which are much easier to remember. The passphrase
is8–63charactersandcanconsistofalphabetlettersandnumbers.
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