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Wireless Security Configuration 5-1

December 2004

Chapter 5

Wireless Security Configuration

This chapter describes how to configure the security features of your NETGEAR Pre-N Wireless

PC Card WGM511.

Understanding the Security Options

For a full discussion of wireless security technologies, please see “Wireless Networking

Overview” on page B-1. The WGM511 configuration utility provides WEP (Wired Equivalent

Privacy) security. WEP is an existing, widely implemented and supported, data encryption

protocol for 802.11 wireless networks. All wireless nodes on the network are configured with a

static 64-bit or 128-bit Shared Key for data encryption but authentication is optional.

Note: You can use WPA-PSK by using the Windows zero configuration. See “Using the Wireless

Zero Configuration Service for WPA-PSK Advanced Security” on page 5-5.

When you use the WGM511 configuration utility to configure these security options, you can save

your settings in a profile. For example, you can have work and home profiles that make it easy to

switch from one environment to the other. For more information on configuring profiles, see

“Understanding the Configuration Options” on page 4-1.

Using WEP Security

You can strengthen the security of your wireless connection by enabling Wired Equivalent Privacy

(WEP) encryption of the wireless data communications. For more information on 802.11 wireless

security, see “Wireless Networking Overview” on page B-1.

Note: These instructions refer to the WGM511 configuration utility. The Windows XP

wireless configuration utility must deselected. Check if this is so by viewing the

Properties of the Network Connections for the WGM511. Click the Wireless Networks

tab and clear the “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” check box.

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