How do I find out what type of security my network is using?

• Contact your system support person.

  The person who set up your network usually keeps your wireless information.

• See the documentation that came with your access point (wireless router).

• Check the characters of the password that you use to access your wireless network.

  If you are not using a password, then choose None or No Security.

  Characters	Security type
  Exactly 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters or Exactly 5 or 13 ASCII characters	WEP
  Exactly 64 hexadecimal characters or From 8 to 63 ASCII characters	WPA or WPA2

  
  

  Notes:

  • Hexadecimal characters are A–F, a–f, and 0–9.
  • ASCII characters are letters, numbers, and symbols found on a keyboard. ASCII characters in a WPA/WPA2 preshared key/passphrase are case-sensitive.

• View the security settings on the access point.

  1. Open a Web browser. Type the IP address of the access point in the address field, and then press Enter.

     Notes:

     • To obtain the IP address of the access point, see the documentation that came with it, or contact your system support person.
     • If you are using a proxy server, then temporarily disable it to load the Web page correctly.

  2. Enter the user name and password for the access point when prompted.

     Note:

     The WEP key or WPA/WPA2 preshared key/passphrase is not the same as the password for the access point. The password lets you access the access point settings. The WEP key or WPA/WPA2 preshared key/passphrase allows printers and computers to join your wireless network.

  3. Look for the WEP key or WPA/WPA2 preshared key/passphrase.