Enabling WEP Security on the Bridge
To prevent others from accessing your wireless network, you may want to enable WEP (Wired
Equivalent Privacy) security in your wireless router or access point. If you do so, you’ll need to
enable WEP security in the bridge, too. You use the configuration utility to change the security
setting for the bridge. To do so, you must have the bridge directly connected to a computer.
See Installing the ME101 on page 4 and Installing the Configuration Utility on page 8. If you
filled in the parameters on page 7, you may want to refer to them for this procedure.
Note: The default security setting has WEP security disabled.
1. Choose Programs>NETGEAR ME101 Bridge>ME101 Configuration Utility from the
Start menu.
2. If the bridge’s name doesn’t appear in the Bridge Name list, select Browse to have the
utility search for an active bridge.
3. Type the password. (password is the default.)
4. Click Login.
5. Click the Security tab.
6. Select the type of security you have set in your wireless
router or access point—either 40/64 or 128 bit.
7. If the key is determined through software, select
Create
with Passphrase and type the phrase in the Passphrase
box.
OR
If you entered a key manually for your wireless router
or access point, select Manual Entry and type the
encryption keys that are used with the wireless router
or access point.
8. Click Apply.
9. If you are through making changes, click Exit.
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