Security Enabling

I have two computers that connect to the internet. In the interest of
wanting more security, just purchased the Belkin Wireless Pre-N router,
Notebook card, and Desktop card. I really want to enable the WPA security,
but I also have a Linksys Wireless-G Print Server that both machines access
and it only supports WEP. I checked and there is no firmware update and in
looking around, I can't seem to find any brand of Print Server that does
support WPA. If I configure the Belkin equipment for WPA, will they still be
able to communicate to the Print Server if I don't apply security to that one
device? Or will the Print Server also need to have the same security as the
others in order to communicate with the router?

Pete wrote:

> I have two computers that connect to the internet. In the interest of
> wanting more security, just purchased the Belkin Wireless Pre-N
> router,
> Notebook card, and Desktop card. I really want to enable the WPA
> security, but I also have a Linksys Wireless-G Print Server that both
> machines access
> and it only supports WEP. I checked and there is no firmware update
> and in looking around, I can't seem to find any brand of Print Server
> that does
> support WPA. If I configure the Belkin equipment for WPA, will they
> still be able to communicate to the Print Server if I don't apply
> security to that one
> device? Or will the Print Server also need to have the same security
> as the others in order to communicate with the router?

AFAIK, all wireless adapters must be capable of WPA. Since your Print
Server only supports WEP, you'll have to use WEP.

Malke
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Thank you very much. Using "logic" that's the way it appeared to me as well,
but I will be the first that I am not an expert and there could very well
have been something I wasn't aware of.

"Malke" wrote:

> Pete wrote:
>
> > I have two computers that connect to the internet. In the interest of
> > wanting more security, just purchased the Belkin Wireless Pre-N
> > router,
> > Notebook card, and Desktop card. I really want to enable the WPA
> > security, but I also have a Linksys Wireless-G Print Server that both
> > machines access
> > and it only supports WEP. I checked and there is no firmware update
> > and in looking around, I can't seem to find any brand of Print Server
> > that does
> > support WPA. If I configure the Belkin equipment for WPA, will they
> > still be able to communicate to the Print Server if I don't apply
> > security to that one
> > device? Or will the Print Server also need to have the same security
> > as the others in order to communicate with the router?
>
> AFAIK, all wireless adapters must be capable of WPA. Since your Print
> Server only supports WEP, you'll have to use WEP.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>