Authentication is performed using the computer credentials when no users are logged on to the computer. When a user logs on to the computer, authentication is always performed using the user credentials. Computer only. Authentication is always performed using only the computer credentials. User authentication.
Specifies that when users are not logged on to the computer, authentication is performed by using the computer credentials. After a user logs on to the computer, authentication is still based on the computer credentials.
Authentication is preformed by using the user credentials if the user travels to a new wireless access point. Guest authentication. Allows connections to the network which are regulated by the restrictions and permissions set for the Guest user account. Specifies whether the computer will attempt to authenticate using computer credentials when the user is not logged on. Specifies that client connection requests that cannot meet computer or user authentication requirements can connect to the network by using permissions configured for the Guest account.
After a client has received notification of authentication failure, this setting specifies the number of seconds an authenticating client waits before it performs another After end-to-end Specifies that wireless clients will actively probe for wireless access points with the specified SSID, if wireless access points are configured to suppress beacon broadcasts. Specifies the security authentication method that is used between the wireless access point and the wireless client.
Specifies the security encryption to use for the selected network security authentication method. If Authentication is set to Open , Shared , or Open with Fast Roaming settings are only exposed if WPA2 is selected as the network security method. Pre-authentication enables WPA2 wireless clients that are connected to one wireless AP to perform When the wireless client connects to a wireless AP with which it has pre-authenticated, it uses the cached PMK information to reduce the time required to authenticate and connect.
WPA2 client pre-authentication is only possible with wireless access points that broadcast pre-authentication capability in Beacon and Probe Response messages. This setting is available only when This network uses pre-authentication is selected. How do I get into my wireless router settings page? Go to the Windows Start menu, click Run , type cmd , and hit Enter. Look up a line that says Default Gateway. The number on that line is most likely something like You will be prompted for login name and password to the router admin interface.
If you are using Microsoft Windows Vista, then you are good to go from the operating system perspective. In case you are on Windows XP, then it depends which service pack you have installed.
In any case you should consider upgrading to service pack 3 which can be downloaded from the Microsoft website or even easier via your Update Manager. In case upgrading to the SP3 is not an option for you, then your operating system needs to be updated.
Download it from the Microsoft website and install it. This is genuine Microsoft software, so Windows will validate your license before installing the update. Note, none of these updates get loaded into your computer through Automatic Updates. You have to download and install them manually. Now we talk about your network card that you have installed inside your laptop.
New wireless adapters already include drivers that support WPA. In case your wireless adapter does not support WPA see your adapter properties , you can try updating the driver. Go to the. You need to be connected to the Internet for this to work it is best to download the driver directly from the manufacturer.
See the following picture for an example of a wireless card driver update:. Once you have all the prerequisites for WPA, you can configure your wireless router. Log into your wireless router see above how to do that if you do not already know , and go to the wireless configuration advanced settings section. What do all these acronyms mean? AES provides more security but at the expense of performance and hardware requirements. Select the option from the menu and type your security key into the provided text box.
This tab has all the settings that we need. You can see in the example below that we called our network portforward. Depending on the encryption type you have chosen for your network, the following steps may be a little bit different.
The example below is for WEP encryption, because that is the type that most people currently use. If WPA is available for you, it is a superior choice.
In the drop down box called Data encryption pick the encryption type that you have chosen for your network. You can see that we have chosen WEP for our network. In the drop down box called Network Authentication pick the wireless authentication type that you have choose for your network. In this case we have chosen Open. Remember that Open is better than Shared.
Shared is considered pretty much useless for most people. Make sure that there is NOT a check in the box called The key is provided for me automatically. Now you can type your network key in the box called Network key. You made up your personal network key when you turned on security on your router.
Most people can leave the Key index at 1. If you have done everything correctly, you should get a popup window that tells you that you are now connected to your wireless network. Windows will refer to your wireless network by the SSID that you assigned it. If it says Connected to: followed by a name other than your SSID, then you are connected to someone else's wireless network.
You can use the Signal Strength indication to know where your wireless network can be connected to. Ideally, you only want your wireless network to be visible in your house or on your property. Now would be a good time to walk around and see how far your access point is transmitting.
How to Verify that your Wireless Network is Secure. Verifying that your wireless network is secure is easy. Go back through the above steps. Only this time, intentionally misspell your wireless networks name SSID.
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