Configuring the Network / Windows XP / Connecting to an Infrastructure
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6 After entering a network name and choosing security options
to match those selected for the wireless LAN access point,
remove the check from [This is a computer-to-computer (ad
hoc) network; wireless access points are not used] and click
[OK].
• Network name (SSID): Enter a name of up to 32 characters.
• Network Authentication: Choose from [Open], [Shared], [WPA],
and [WPA-PSK].
• Data encryption: The type of encryption available depends on
the options selected for [Network Authentication]:
❏ Open, Shared: [WEP], [Disabled]
❏ WPA, WPA-PSK: [TKIP], [AES]
• Network key: If [WEP] is selected for [Data encryption], enter a
5- or 13-character ASCII key or 10- or 26-digit hexadecimal
key. Entering a five-character ASCII or ten-digit hexadecimal
key enables 64-bit encryption, a 13-character ASCII or 26-
digit hexadecimal key 128-bit encryption. ASCII keys may
contain letters, punctuation, and the numbers 0–9,
hexadecimal keys the numbers 0–9 and the letters a, b, c, d,
e, and f. If [TKIP] or [AES] is selected for [Data encryption],
enter an ASCII key of 8 to 63 characters or a 64-digit
hexadecimal key.
