Chapter 2 – Setting Up the Gateway on a Network
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• Key number
• Value of the key
Configuring the adapter
Step-by-step 1 On your Windows XP PC, right-click the wireless
adapter icon in the system tray.
2 Choose View available wireless networks.
3 When the Connect to Wireless Network screen
appears, select the access point in the Available
Networks List that displays your Intel Wireless
Gateway. Do not enter a network key at this time.
4 Click Advanced.
YouseeadialogboxshowinganAvailable
Networks list and a Preferred Networks list.
5 From the Available Networks List, select the Gateway
and then click the Configure button.
A Wireless Network Properties screen appears.
6 Check Data encryption (WEP enabled). Also, clear
the check box The key is provided for me
automatically.
7 Using the setting from your Install Information
Worksheet, enter the value for the key.
Make sure the key format is in hexadecimal
characters (0-9 and A-F) and the key length is 10
digits (for 40-bit) or 26 digits (for 104-bit).
See Manually enter encryption keys on page 29 for
examples.
8 Click OK.
Clicking OK from the Wireless Network Properties
screen takes you back to the Wireless Network
Connection Properties, where you can click OK again
to exit and save changes.
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