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Make Sure the Wireless Client Software is Up-to-Date

Before starting out, please keep in mind that service packs, patches, and new releases

of drivers and other supporting technologies for wireless clients are being generated at a

fast pace. A common problem encountered in client security setup is not having the right

driver or updates to it on the client. For example; if you are setting up WPA on the client,

make sure you have a driver installed that supports WPA, which is

a relatively new technology. Even many client cards currently available do not ship

from the factory with the

latest drivers.

Accessing the Microsoft Windows Wireless Client

Security Settings

Generally, on Windows XP there are two ways to get to the security properties for a

wireless client:

1. From the wireless connection icon on the Windows task bar:

Appendix A: Configuring Security Settings on Wireless Clients

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1. From the Windows Start menu at the left end of the task bar:

Right-click on the Wireless connection icon in your Windows task bar and

select View available wireless networks.

Select the SSID of the network to which you want to connect and click

Advanced to bring up the Wireless Network Connection Properties dialog.

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From the Windows Start menu on the task bar, choose Start > My Network

Places to bring up the Network Connections window.

From the Network Tasks menu on the left, click View Network Connections

to bring up the Network Connections window.

Select the Wireless Network Connection you want to configure, right-mouse

click and choose View available wireless networks.

Select the SSID of the network to which you want to connect and click Advanced

to bring up the Wireless Network Connection Properties dialog.

The Wireless Networks tab (which should be automatically displayed) lists

Available networks and Preferred networks.

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