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change the encryption key frequently. So the encryption key is not easy to be broken by

hackers. This can improve security very much.

Select “WPA Pre-share Key” for the “Encryption” mode if you wish to use WPA-PSK or WPA2-

PSK to encrypt your wireless network.

Parameters

Description

WPA Unicast Cipher Suite

Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2

Mixed. WPA2 (Mixed) support both WPA-PSK(TKIP/AES) and

WPA2-PSK(TKIP/AES). Please make sure your wireless client

supports the cipher you selected.

Pre-shared Key Format

You may select Passphrase (alphanumeric format) or Hex (in the

“A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) to be the Pre-shared Key.

Pre-shared Key

The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data

transmitted in the wireless network. You may create your own

key here for wireless clients to connect to your router.

3.2.2.3 WPA RADIUS

IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this

wireless router before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is processed by a

RADIUS server. This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x, but it does not encryption

the data during communication.

Select “WPA RADIUS” for the “Encryption” mode if you wish to use WPA RADIUS to encrypt

your wireless network.

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Parameters

Description

WPA Unicast Cipher Suite

Please select a type of WPA cipher suite.

Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and WPA2

Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to make sure

your wireless client support the cipher you selected.

RADIUS Server IP Address

Please input the IP address of your Radius authentication server

here.

RADIUS Server Port

Please input the port number of your Radius authentication

server here. Default setting is 1812.

RADIUS Server Password

Please input the password of your Radius authentication server

here.

3.2.3 MAC Control

This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless

router. Only those wireless devices with the MAC addresses you specified here are allowed to

access your wireless router. You can use this function with other security measures described in

previous section together to enhance the safety of your wireless network.

Up to 20 MAC addresses can be added by using this function.

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Parameters

Description

Enable MAC Control

Check/Uncheck to enable/disable wireless MAC control.

MAC Address

Input the MAC address of your wireless devices here,

format ‘xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx’.

Comment

You can input any text here as the comment of this MAC

address, like ‘ROOM 2A Computer’ or anything.

Add

Click “Add” button to add the MAC address and

associated comment to the MAC address filtering table.

Clear

Click “Clear” to remove the value you inputted in MAC

address and comment field.

Delete

If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry,

check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to

delete, then click ‘Delete’ button. (You can select more

than one MAC addresses).

Delete All

If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here,

please click ‘Delete All’ button.

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:

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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).

3.2.4 Advanced Settings

You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this router. The parameters include

Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Preamble Type, etc.

It is suggested not to change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will

have on this router.

Parameters

Description

Fragment Threshold

“Fragment Threshold” specifies the maximum size of packet

during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. The default

value is 2346.

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RTS Threshold

When the packet size is smaller than the RTS threshold, the

wireless router will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this

packet.

Beacon Interval

The interval of time that this wireless router broadcast a beacon.

Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network.

DTIM Period

Set the DTIM period of wireless radio. Do not modify default

value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 3.

Data Rate

Set the wireless data transfer rate to a certain value. Since most

of wireless devices will negotiate with each other and pick a

proper data transfer rate automatically, it’s not necessary to

change this value unless you know what will happen after

modification.

N Data Rate

Same as above, but only for 802.11n clients.

Channel Width

Set channel width of wireless radio. Do not modify default value

if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Auto 20/40 MHz’.

Preamble Type

The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN

compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can provide better

wireless LAN performance.

Broadcast ESSID

Decide if the wireless router will broadcast its own ESSID or not.

You can hide the ESSID of your wireless router by selecting

“Disable”

CTS Protect

It is recommended to enable the protection mechanism. This

mechanism can decrease the rate of data collision between

802.11b and 802.11g/802.11n wireless stations. When the

protection mode is enabled, the throughput of the AP will be a

little lower due to many of frame traffic should be transmitted.

Tx Power

You can set the output power of wireless radio. Unless you are

using this wireless router in a really big space, you may not have

to set output power to 100%. This will enhance security

(malicious / unknown users in distance will not be able to reach

your wireless router).

WMM

The short of Wi-Fi MultiMedia, it will enhance the data transfer

performance of multimedia contents when they are being

transferred over wireless network. The default value is “Disable”.

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: