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Chapter 4: Setting up and Connecting the Wireless-N USB Network Adapter
Setting up the Adapter
Wireless-N USB Network Adapter
need to configure security on the Adapter. If not, you will be taken directly to the Congratulations screen.
1. If you have wireless security enabled on your network, continue to step 2. If you don’t have wireless security
enabled, continue to step 3.
2. If your network has WEP, PSK, or PSK2 wireless security enabled, then that security screen will appear.
Continue to the screen for your wireless security.
• WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
If you have WEP enabled, this screen will appear. Select 64-bit or 128-bit. Then enter a passphrase or
WEP key. You must enter the same security settings used on your network.
Passphrase - Enter a passphrase in the Passphrase field, so a WEP key is automatically generated. The
passphrase is case-sensitive and should not be longer than 16 alphanumeric characters. It must match
the passphrase of your wireless network and is compatible with Linksys wireless products only. (If you
have any non-Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key manually on those products.)
WEP Key - The WEP key you enter must match the WEP key of your wireless network. For 64-bit
encryption, enter exactly 10 hexadecimal characters. For 128-bit encryption, enter exactly 26
hexadecimal characters. Valid hexadecimal characters are “0” to “9” and “A” to “F”.
Then click Connect and proceed to Step 3.
• PSK (Pre-shared key)
If your network has the wireless security PSK enabled, this screen will appear. You must enter the same
security settings used on your network.
Encryption - Select the type of algorithm you want to use, TKIP or AES, from the Encryption drop-down
menu.
Pre-shared Key - Enter a Pre-shared key of 8-63 characters in the Pre-shared Key field.
Then click Connect and proceed to Step 3.
Figure 4-5: WEP Key Needed for Connection
Figure 4-6: PSK Needed for Connection
encryption: encoding data transmitted in a network.
PSK (Pre-shared key: a wireless security protocol using
TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption, which can
be used in conjunction with a RADIUS server.
wep (wired equivalent privacy): a method of encrypting network
data transmitted on a wireless network for greater security.