Network Name (SSID)

This is the name of your wireless network. Wireless devices will need to know the network name (also known as an SSID) of your gateway in order to communicate with it.

U.S. Robotics recommends that you change the network name and treat it like a password. Use a combination of more than eight alphanumeric characters that is not easy to guess (such as “USR9108GatewayOffice” or “Fish81Tree”).

Security

U.S. Robotics recommends securing your gateway from unauthorized wireless devices by using WPA encryption. If you want to use a different method, you can change it on the gateway’s Security page after the setup is complete.

WPA2 and WPA (PSK)

(The pass phrase must be between eight and sixty-three characters long.)

U.S. Robotics recommends that you treat your WPA pass phrase like a password and use a combination of alphanumeric characters that is not easy to guess (such as “5Rock2Fish9Sand” or “20Dogs933Trot”).

You will need to enter these values when you configure a wireless client. After setup is complete, these values will be displayed on the gateway’s Status page, and you can write them down or print them.

When you’re finished and ready to go to the next step, press Next.