BT Micro Owner’s Manual
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Click in the Key box and type a unique 26-character hex
network key, such as A6F34B2CE5D68BE90A6F34B2CE.
Note
Hexadecimal or ‘hex’ numbers each have a value of 0 to 9 or A to
F. Each number represents four bits of binary data.
Note that if you selected 64bit, you will need to type a unique
10-character hex network key.
Click Next>.
Configuring WPA security
1. Once you have selected WPA and then clicked Next>, the
following page is displayed:
2. Type a unique pass phrase in the Pass phrase text box.
Your pass phrase should be at least 20 characters long in
order to deter potential intruders. The pass phrase can be
words, letters or numbers or a combination of all of these.
3. Once you have typed a pass phrase, click Next>.
Disabling the Broadcast of the SSID Network Identifier
For additional security you can disable the broadcast of the
Network Identifier, SSID. Unticking the Enable SSID Broadcast
button on the Wireless security page does this. To connect to a
network that is not broadcasting the SSID it is necessary to
enter the SSID manually in the network connection properties in
the Control panel of your PC.
Configure Wireless Address Authentication
The following page allows you to configure which wireless PCs
can access the BT Micro:
By default, any wireless PC that is configured with your
network’s SSID and channel number can connect to your BT
Micro. You may want to increase the security of your wireless
network by creating one of the following lists of wireless PCs:
A wireless PC blacklist; PCs on this list cannot access the BT
Micro, but all other wireless PCs can.
A wireless PC whitelist; PCs on this list can access the BT
Micro, but all other wireless PCs cannot.
The Wireless PCs added to either list are identified by their
unique MAC address. This is made up of six pairs of characters,
with each character either a number between 0 and 9, or a letter
between A and F. For example, 00:20:2b:80:2f:30.
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