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Wireless Network Setup - MAXIUM Security
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Open your Internet browser.


Go to this address: http://192.168.1.1


At the login prompt, enter the following information:
User Name:
Password: admin
Click OK to continue.


Select the Administration tab at the top of the page.


Clear the Router Password and Re-enter to confirm boxes, then enter a new password.
Set Access Server to HTTPS only. (Uncheck HTTP and check HTTPS.)
Set Wireless Access Web to Disable.


Click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page.


At the login prompt, enter your new password.
Click OK to continue.


The "Settings are successful." message will appear.
Wait a moment.


Select "Accept this certificate temporarily for this session" and click OK.


Click OK.


At the login prompt, enter your new password.
Click OK to continue.


Select the Setup tab at the top of the page.


Change the Local IP Address to another private IP address.
Change the Starting IP Address to a different number higher than the last octet in the Local IP Address.
Set the Maximum Number of DHCP Users to the number of computers that will be sharing your Internet connection.


Click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page.


When the "Settings are successful." message appears, click the Continue button.


Exit your Internet browser.
Click on the Start button and go into the Control Panel.


Double click on Network Connections.


Locate the icon for network card that you have connected to the Linksys router.


Right click on it, select Disable.


After a moment the card's icon will turn grey and its status will change to Disabled.


Right click on it again, select Enable.


Wait until its status is listed as Connected to proceed.


Open your Internet browser.


Go to this address: https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm


Highlight, right click on, and copy the text in the middle section.
This will be your wireless network's encryption key.


Leave your Internet browser open.
Insert a USB memory stick into a free USB port on your computer.

Click on the Start button, go into Accessories, and open Notepad.


Click on the Edit menu, select Paste.


Click on the File menu, select Save.


In the "Save in" drop down menu, select your USB memory stick.


Type 'key.txt' in the "File name" box, then click Save.


Exit out of Notepad.
Double click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray. (It's the green arrow.)


Select the USB Mass Storage Device corresponding to your USB memory stick, then click Stop.


Select USB Mass Storage Device, then click OK.


Click Close.
Remove your USB memory stick.


You should now be back to your Internet browser.
Go to this address: https://192.168.42.85


Select "Accept this certificate temporarily for this session" and click OK.


Click OK.


At the login prompt, enter your new password.
Click OK to continue.


Select the Wireless tab at the top of the page.


Clear the Wireless Network Name (SSID) box, then enter a name for your network.
Set Wireless SSID Broadcast to Disable.


Click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page.


When the "Settings are successful." message appears, click the Continue button.


Select the Wireless Security subsection at the top of the page.


Set Security Mode to WPA2 Personal.
Set WPA Algorithms to AES.
Right click on the WPA Shared Key box and paste in your encryption key.


Click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page.


When the "Settings are successful." message appears, click the Continue button.


Select the Wireless MAC Filter subsection at the top of the page.


Set Wireless MAC Filter to Enable.
Set "Permit only" to "Permit only PCs listed to access the wireless network".


Click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page.


When the "Settings are successful." message appears, click the Continue button.


Click the Edit MAC Filter List button.


Look at your Zoom 4410A Wireless-G USB network card.
Note the MAC address printed on its side.


Enter your wireless network card's MAC address in the MAC 01 box.


Click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page.


When the "Settings are successful." message appears, click the Continue button.


Close the MAC Address Filter List window. Exit your Internet browser.


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