Webuser Forums: Wireless Network Security

OK - 1st off thanks for your prompt reply, then apologies for my slow reply (Have had a very busy couple weeks)

I followed the instructions as best I could but ended up locked out of the router interface and no net connection at all.

At the 192.168.2.1 router interface I selected WPA/WPA2 - Personal(PSK) from the Security mode dropdown box. The interface also had a further 2 drop down selection boxes
1 - AUTHENTICATION - from which i selected WPA2 - PSK
2 - ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE - from which I selected TKIP

I then went to the router local settings and from the
SECURITY TYPE dropdown I selected WPA2 Personal and from the
ENCRYPTION TYPE dropdown I selected NONE

When I then attempted to go online I got a window informing that the security settings for the local did not match the interface settings. When I went to go back to the interface to change the settings again, I couldn't as I had no net connection - catch 22! Couldn't get online without a net connection and couldn't get online without changing the settings. In the end it was a paper clip job in the back of the router to reset it to default settings

Below are all the dropdown options (with headers) for both the interface and the local settings

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192.168.2.1

SECURITY MODE - options are:
Disabled
WPA/WPA2 - Personal(PSK)
128bit WEP
64bit WEP

AUTHENTICATION - OPTIONS ARE:
WPA-PSK
WPA2-PSK
WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK

ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE - options are:
TKIP
AES
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Settings on local machine (belkin54g)

SECURITY TYPE - options are:
No authentication (open)
Shared
WPA - Personal
WPA2 - Personal
WPA - Enterprise
WPA2 - Enterprise
802.1x

ENCRYPTION TYPE - options are
NONE
WEP
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I tried looking at the various options to try and work out how to achieve matching settings but I was afraid of losing their net connection again so I've gone back to disabled at the interface for now

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