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Provider

Select a DDNS service provider.

Domain

name

Your static domain name that use DDNS.

Account

The account/username that your DDNS service provider

assigned to you.

Password/Key

The password you set for the DDNS service account

above.

After you finish with all settings, please click “Apply” button.

If you want to reset all settings in this page, please click “Cancel” button.

After you clicked Apply, the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

You can click “Continue” to back to previous setup page to continue on other setup procedures,

or click “Apply” to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30

seconds while router is rebooting).

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3.2 Wireless

3.2.1 Basic Settings

You can set parameters that are used for wireless clients to connect to this router. The

parameters include SSID, Channel Number, etc.

Parameters

Default

Description

Band

2.4 GHz (B+G+N)

Please select the radio band from one of the following

options.

2.4GHz(B): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b wireless

network client to connect this router (maximum transfer

rate 11Mbps*).

2.4 GHz (N): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11n wireless

network client to connect this router (maximum transfer

rate 150Mbps*).

2.4 GHz (B+G):2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11b and

802.11g wireless network client to connect this router

(maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b clients, and

maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients*).

2.4 GHz (G): 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.11g wireless

network client to connect this router (maximum transfer

rate 54Mbps*).

2.4 GHz (B+G+N): 2.4GHz band, allows 802.11b,

802.11g, and 802.11n wireless network client to connect

this router (maximum transfer rate 11Mbps for 802.11b

clients, maximum 54Mbps for 802.11g clients, and

maximum 150Mbps for 802.11n clients*).

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SSID

airlink101

This is the name of your wireless network. You can type

any alphanumerical characters here, maximum 32

characters. SSID is used to identify your own wireless

router from others when there are other wireless routers

in the same area. It’s recommended to change default

SSID value to the one which is meaningful to you, like

myhome, office_room1, etc.

Channel

Number

6

Please select a channel from the dropdown list of

‘Channel Number’ for broadcasting. You can choose any

channel number you want to use, and almost all wireless

clients can locate the channel you’re using automatically

without any problem. However, it’s still useful to

remember the channel number you use, some wireless

client supports manual channel number select, and this

would help in certain scenario when there is some radio

communication problem.

Show

Active

Clients

Click “Show Active Clients” button, then an “Active

Wireless Client Table” will pop up. You can see the

status of all active wireless clients that are connecting to

the Router.

After you finish with all settings, please click “Apply” button.

If you want to reset all settings in this page, please click “Cancel” button.

After you clicked Apply, the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

You can click “Continue” to back to previous setup page to continue on other setup procedures,

or click “Apply” to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30

seconds while router is rebooting).

3.2.2 Wireless Security

The AR570W Wireless 150 Router provides complete wireless LAN security functions,

including WEP, IEEE 802.11x, WPA2/WPA-PSK and WPA with RADIUS. With these

security functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access. Please make

sure your wireless clients use the same security settings.

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Parameters

Default

Description

Encryption

You can choose Disable, WEP, WPA pre-share key,

WPA RADIUS for encryption mode. The detailed

settings will appear after you choose an encryption.

See 3.2.2.1 to 3.2.2.3 for each encryption type.

Enable 802.1x Authentication

IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user

must use a valid account to login to this Access Point

before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is

processed by a RADIUS server. Check this box to

authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x.

After you finish with all security settings, please click “Apply” button.

If you want to reset all settings in this page, please click “Cancel” button.

After you clicked Apply, the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

You can click “Continue” to back to previous setup page to continue on other setup procedures,

or click “Apply” to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30

seconds while router is rebooting).

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3.2.2.1 WEP

Select “WEP” for the “Encryption” mode if you wish to use WEP to encrypt your wireless

network.

Parameters

Description

Key Length

You can select the WEP key length for encryption, 64-bit or 128-

bit. Larger WEP key length will provide higher level of security,

but the throughput will be lower.

Key Format

You may select to select ASCII Characters (alphanumeric

format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range)

to be the WEP Key.

Default Tx Key

You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you can decide

which key is being used by default here. If you don’t know which

one you should use, select ‘Key 1’.

Encryption Key 1~4

The WEP key are used to encrypt data transmitted in the

wireless network. Fill the text box by following the rules below.

64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-

9” range) or 5-digit ASCII character as the encryption keys.

128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-

9” range) or 13-digit ASCII characters as the encryption keys.

3.2.2.2 WPA Pre-share Key

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. You can use a pre-shared key

to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP/AES to