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Name: Toddyuk
Date: May 31, 2005 at 08:16:27 Pacific
Subject: Setting up network key
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Hi can some one help me plz i have a adsl router and broadband set up with my laptop wireless , I can connect wireless now prob but how do i set it so its secure .
I can access norm sites no prob but if i try a secure site it wont let me as 128bit security is not set up how do i do this.
i have tryed to change it so you can use a network key but i cant get it to work
I can genarate a network key from my router homepage , where you put in a pharse word and it brings up 15 hex nos . Now when i try to enter the pharseword into my connections on my computer it wont except it am i doing this wrong do i need to type in the hex nos or type in the pharseword coz i cant get it to work any help would be appreciated PLZ


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Name: heropsycho2177
Date: May 31, 2005 at 10:48:26 Pacific
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Separate your technologies.

Not being able to access a secure site because it required 128-bit encryption means you can't do SSL 128-bit HTTPS, this has absolutely nothing to do with encrypting a wireless transmission! You need to update your web browser. Install the latest Netscape, Firefox, whatever you use. If you're using Internet Explorer, run windows update, make sure you install the Root Certificates update.

Securing wireless is a whole other topic...



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