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4.3 WAN

Main Port:

Select the connection mode from the drop-down menu, ADSL or EWAN.

VPI/VCI:

Enter the VPI and VCI information provided by your ISP.

Username:

Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to

128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive). This is in the format of “username@ispname”

instead of simply “username”.

Password:

Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to

128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive)

Service Name:

This item is for identification purposes. If it is required, your ISP provides

you the information. Maximum input is

15

alphanumeric characters.

Encap. method:

Select the encapsulation format, the default is LLC. Select the one

provided by your ISP

Auth. Protocol:

Default is

Auto.

Your ISP advises on using

Chap

or

Pap.

IP Address:

Your WAN IP address. Leave this at 0.0.0.0 to automatically obtain an IP

address from your ISP.

MTU:

Maximum Transmission Unit. The size of the largest datagram (excluding

media-specific headers) that IP will attempt to send through the interface.

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4.4 WLAN

WLAN Service:

Default setting is set to

Enable

.

ESSID:

The ESSID is the unique name of a wireless access point (AP) to be

distinguished from another. For security propose, change to

a unique ID name to the AP

which is already built-in to the router’s wireless interface. It is case sensitive and must not

excess 32 characters. Make sure your wireless clients have exactly the ESSID as the device,

in order to get connected to your network.

Note:

ESSID is case sensitive and must not excess 32 characters.

Hide ESSID:

It is function in which transmits its ESSID to the air so that when wireless

client searches for a network, router can then be discovered and recognized. Default setting

is

Disable.

~

Enable:

Select Enable

if you do not want broadcast your ESSID. When select Enable,

no one will be able to locate the Access Point (AP) of your router.

~

Disable:

When Disable is selected, you can allow anybody with a wireless client to

be able to locate the Access Point (AP) of your router.

Regulation Domain:

There are seven Regulation Domains for you to choose from,

including

North America (N.America)

,

Europe

,

France

, etc. The Channel ID will be

different based on this setting.

Channel ID:

Select the ID channel that you would like to use.

Security Mode:

You can disable or enable with WPA or WEP for protecting wireless

network. The default mode of wireless security is

Disable

.

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Security Parameters

WPA or WPA2

WPA and WPA2 pre-shared keys are an authentication mechanism in which users provide

some form of credentials to verify that they should be allowed access to a network. This

requires a single password entered into each WLAN node (Access Points, Wireless Routers,

client adapters, bridges). As long as the passwords match, a client will be granted access to

a WLAN.

WLAN Service:

Default setting is set to Enable. If you want to use wireless, you can

select Enable.

ESSID:

The ESSID is the unique name of a wireless access point (AP) used to

distinguish one from another. For security propose, change to a unique ID name which is

already built into the router wireless interface. It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32

characters. Make sure your wireless clients have exactly the ESSID as the device in order to

connect to your network.

Hide ESSID:

It is function in which transmits its ESSID to the air so that when wireless

client searches for a network, router can then be discovered and recognized. Default setting

is

Disable.

~

Enable:

Select Enable

if you do not want broadcast your ESSID. When select Enable,

no one will be able to locate the Access Point (AP) of your router.

~

Disable:

When Disable is selected, you can allow anybody with a wireless client to

be able to locate the Access Point (AP) of your router.

Channel ID:

Select the channel ID that you would like to use.

Security Mode:

You can disable or enable with WPA or WEP to protect wireless network.

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The default mode of wireless security is

Disable

.

RADIUS/802.1x:

You can enable or disable the RADIUS(Remote Authentication Dial In

User Service) service.

WPA Shared Key:

The key for network authentication. The input format is in character

style and key size should be in the range between 8 and 63 characters.

Group Key Renewal:

The period of renewal time for changing the security key between

wireless client and Access Point (AP). This process is done automatically.

If you want to enable the RADIUS function, check Enable and then do the following settings.

RADIUS Server IP Address:

The IP address of RADIUS authentication server.

RADIUS Server Port:

The port number of RADIUS authentication server here. Default

value is 1812.

RADIUS Shared Secret:

The password of RADIUS authentication server.

WPA / WPA2 Pre-Shared Key

WLAN Service:

Default setting is set to Enable. If you want to use wireless, you can

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select Enable.

ESSID:

The ESSID is the unique name of a wireless access point (AP) used to

distinguish one from another. For security propose, change to a unique ID name which is

already built into the router wireless interface. It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32

characters. Make sure your wireless clients have exactly the ESSID as the device in order to

connect to your network.

Hide ESSID:

This function enables the router to become invisible on the network. Thus,

any clients using the wireless setting to search for available or specific router on the network

will not be able to discover the router whose Hide ESSID function is set to enabled. The

default setting is disabled.

Regulation Domain:

There are seven Regulation Domains for you to choose from,

including North America (N.America), Europe, France, etc. The Channel ID will be different

based on this setting.

Channel ID:

Select the channel ID that you would like to use.

Security Mode:

You can disable or enable with WPA or WEP to protect wireless network.

The default mode of wireless security is

Disable

.

WPA Shared Key:

The key for

network authentication

.

The input format is in character

style and the key size should be in the range between 8 and 63 characters.

Group Key Renewal:

The period of renewal time for changing the security key between

wireless client and Access Point (AP). This process is done automatically.

Note: Wireless performance may degrade if the selected channel ID is already being

occupied by other AP(s).