[24hoursupport] Re: Will firewall be sufficient if WEP is disabled?
- From: Fuzzy Logic <fuzzymo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: 24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 22:50:24 -0400
Either you are confusing your terms, or you are still setting up the
laptop incorrectly.
When you generate the keys from the passphrase, you should see four
identical keys, so that's good.
When you are setting up your laptop, you should be entering a key, not
a passphrase. It might be under advanced options or something similar,
but you definately want to enter a key, not a passphrase on the
laptop.
More importantly, you end by saying that you can connect to the
router's configuration after you have rebooted. Am I correct in
understanding this is WITH WEP enabled? Or is it without? If you have
WEP enabled, and you are able to connect to the router, then that
means that you're successfully connected to the router, and you simply
need to set your router to act as a DHCP server and set your PC's
internet settings to "Automatically obtain an address".
Hope that helps.
Fuzzy
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Lene <lpagsugu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I go to wireless settings in my control panel, I click for WEP, I select
> 128bit encryption, I type in a passphrase, click 'generate' and 4 keys are
> listed. When I did it earlier today, the keys were all the same. I use the
> passphrase to log into the network using my laptop. Sometimes when I try to
> connect, I cannot generate an IP and sometimes when I do get an IP for my
> laptop, I still cannot connect to the internet.
>
> This is what I used for help:
> http://www.netgear.com/docs/wgt624/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm
>
> To answer your question, I do not have a problem connecting to the router's
> settings page on my PC.
>
> Thank you for your input.
>
> Fuzzy Logic <fuzzymo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> First, if it supports 128 bit, use that instead. It's MUCH stronger
> encryption.
>
> That said, I think you're still confusing a passphrase with an
> encryption key. The 26 digit key you see in the panel is a key. Make
> sure that you're not trying to put that into your setup in Windows as
> a passphrase.
>
> You might need to reboot after setting it to get everything in sync.
>
> After a reboot, can you connect to the router's settings page?
>
> Fuzzy
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