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Chapter 7Connecting to a Home NetworkThis screen lists the names of nearby wireless networks that your Recorder has been ableto identify. If you have a wireless router (or wireless access point) and you did not set anetwork name, your network is probably using a name supplied by the router’smanufacturer.If your network’s name is listed, select it. (You may be able to see more names bypressing CHAN DOWN to scroll down the screen.)122Otherwise, select “Connect to a closed wireless network”:On the Wireless Network Name screen, enter the name of your network using thearrow buttons on your remote to highlight a character. Then press SELECT.You must use capital and lowercase letters appropriately. For example, to find anetwork named “My Network” you must capitalize the “M” and “N”; entering “mynetwork” would not work. Use THUMBS UP and THUMBS DOWN to change touppercase or lowercase. Select “Done entering text” when you are finished.If the Recorder detects that your wireless network does not use encryption (WEP) you willsee the Confirm Settings screen, described on page 124.Wireless Password Format. You see the Wireless Password Format screen if there is achance that your wireless network uses WEP encryption.WEP. WEP is a kind of encryption used by wireless networks to improve their security.There are different levels of WEP encryption, typically called 40-, 64-, 104-, 128-, or 256-bit encryption. Encryption at higher levels offers better security. At the highest levels(104-bit or above), WEP encryption may slow down the transfer of programs from oneRecorder to another by a small amount. WEP is usually turned on or off through theconfiguration settings of a wireless access point or router. If your network uses WEP, thenit has a password or “key.”To connect a Recorder to a network that uses encryption, you need to provide: