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Chapter 5: Setting up the Wireless A/G Game Adapter for PlayStation®2 or GameCube™
Setup Wizard Configuration for Internet Play
Wireless A/G Game Adapter
3. On the Security Settings screen for your Wireless-A (5GHz, 801.11a) network, select 64-bit or 128-bit
encryption from the drop-down menu. Then enter a passphrase or WEP key. Click the Next button.
If you don’t want to use encryption, select Disabled and then click the Next button.
Passphrase - Enter a passphrase in the Passphrase field, so a WEP key is automatically generated. The
passphrase is case-sensitive and should not have more than 16 alphanumeric characters. It must match the
passphrase of your other wireless network devices and is compatible with Linksys wireless products only. (If
you have any non-Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key manually on those products.)
WEP Key - The WEP key you enter must match the WEP key of your wireless network. For 64-bit encryption,
enter exactly 10 hexadecimal characters. For 128-bit encryption, enter exactly 26 hexadecimal characters.
Valid hexadecimal characters are “0” to “9” and “A” to “F”.
4. On the Security Settings screen for your Wireless-G (2.4GHz, 801.11g) and/or Wireless-B (2.4GHz, 802.11b)
network, select 64-bit or 128-bit encryption from the drop-down menu. Then enter a passphrase or WEP
key. Click the Next button.
If you don’t want to use encryption, select Disabled and then click the Next button.
Passphrase - Enter a passphrase in the Passphrase field, so a WEP key is automatically generated. The
passphrase is case-sensitive and should not have more than 16 alphanumeric characters. It must match the
passphrase of your other wireless network devices and is compatible with Linksys wireless products only. (If
you have any non-Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key manually on those products.)
WEP Key - The WEP key you enter must match the WEP key of your wireless network. For 64-bit encryption,
enter exactly 10 hexadecimal characters. For 128-bit encryption, enter exactly 26 hexadecimal characters.
Valid hexadecimal characters are “0” to “9” and “A” to “F”.
Figure 5-22: Setup Wizard’s 2.4GHz
Security Settings Screen
Figure 5-21: Setup Wizard’s 5GHz
Security Settings Screen
encryption: encoding data transmitted in a network.
wep (wired equivalent privacy): a method of
encrypting network data transmitted on a
wireless network for greater security.
