WEP

[Bond]

Does anyone have any experience enabling WEP on a 4-port wireless Linksys router?

[GameMaster]

I do.

[Bond]

Alright, I set up the passphrase and keys on my computer with the router, it's 64-bit. The problem I'm having is with my other computer on my network that is using a WMP-11 wireless card. When I go to the option to enter the Network Key it says that I need to enter 5 or 13 characters. I don't know which 5 or 13 characters I should enter...

[GameMaster]

Accessing the Router

1.Go to your desktop and double click on Internet Explorer (Located on the Start Menu in Windows XP)

2.When "Internet Explorer" opens type the routers IP address into the "Address" bar and hit the [Enter] key (The Wireless routers default IP address is http://192.168.1.1)

3.The "Enter Network Password" window will appear, leave teh "User Name" blank and type in your "Password" (admin is the default password), and click OK

3.WEP

a)* Set "Wireless Security" to Enable.

b)* Click the Edit Security Settings button.

c)* A window will appear prompting you "Do you want to enable the Security Encryption?" click OK.

d)* When the "Security Settings" Window appears, set the "Security Mode" to WEP*.* Then set the "WEP Encryption" to the 128 bits 26 hex digits option.
NOTE:* 128 bit WEP may not work on non-Linksys products due to its lack of an IEEE standard

e)* Enter a passphrase** that is different from the SSID.* Try to make it alphanumeric; instead of just security, use security12345, then click the Generate button.

f)* After the key has been generated copy the key into a notepad document and copy that file onto a floppy.
*NOTE:* There are other security options, which the WRT54G uses, however, not all wireless adapter currently support security implementations such WPA and 802.1x.* Most wireless adapters support either 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP, so Linksys recommends using WEP unless you know that all of your wireless adapters support WPA.
**NOTE:* The passphrase will not work with non-Linksys products, so you will need to use the 1st key that you copied onto floppy.* You will also need the key, not the passphrase for using Linksys products under Windows XP
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g)* Click Apply then Continue

h)* Close the window

i)* Click Apply then Continue on the setup page.

[Bond]

I did that successfully. I just don't know what 5 or 13 characters the WMP wants for the Network Key.

[GameMaster]

I don't think you need to enter any numbers, do you? Does it function without them, because I don't I entered any on mine.

[Bond]

You have to enter the Network Key on the other computers on your network so they know what the code is.