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pre-shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication. It

uses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to change the encryption key frequently. So the encryption key

is not easy to be cracked by hackers. This is the best security available.

WPA-Radius Encryption

Wi-Fi Protected Access (

WPA

) is an advanced security standard. You can use an

external RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations and provide the session key to

encrypt data during communication.

It uses

TKIP

or CCMP (

AES

) to change the encryption key frequently. Press

<Apply>

button when you are done.

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6.5. Filter

This wireless router supports MAC Address Control, which prevents unauthorized clients

from accessing your wireless network.

Enable wireless access control:

Enable the wireless access control function

Adding an address into the list

Enter the "MAC Address" and "Comment" of the wireless station to be added and

then click

<Add>

. The wireless station will now be added into the "Current Access

Control List" below. If you are having any difficulties filling in the fields, just click

"Clear" and both "MAC Address" and "Comment" fields will be cleared.

Remove an address from the list

If you want to remove a MAC address from the "Current Access Control List ",

select the MAC address that you want to remove in the list and then click "Delete

Selected". If you want to remove all the MAC addresses from the list, just click the

<Delete All>

button. Click

<Reset>

will clear your current selections.

Click

<Apply>

at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations.

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6.6. WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)

WPS is the simplest way to establish a connection between the wireless clients and the

wireless router. You don’t have to select the encryption mode and fill in a long encryption

passphrase every time when you try to setup a wireless connection. You only need to

press a button on both wireless client and wireless router, and the WPS will do the rest for

you.

The wireless router supports two types of WPS: WPS via Push Button and WPS via PIN

code. If you want to use the Push Button, you have to push a specific button on the wireless

client or in the utility of the wireless client to start the WPS mode, and switch the wireless

router to WPS mode. You can simply push the WPS button of the wireless router, or click

the ‘Start to Process’ button in the web configuration interface. If you want to use the PIN

code, you have to know the PIN code of the wireless client and switch it to WPS mode, then

fill-in the PIN code of the wireless client through the web configuration interface of the

wireless router.

WPS:

Check the box to enable WPS function and uncheck it to disable the WPS function.

WPS Current Status:

If the wireless security (encryption) function of this wireless router is

properly set, you’ll see a ‘Configured’ message here. Otherwise, you’ll see

‘

UnConfigured’

.

Self Pin Code:

This is the WPS PIN code of the wireless router. You may need this

information when connecting to other WPS-enabled wireless devices.

SSID:

This is the network broadcast name (SSID) of the router.

Authentication Mode:

It shows the active authentication mode for the wireless

connection.

Passphrase Key:

It shows the passphrase key that is randomly generated by the wireless

router during the WPS process. You may need this information when using a device

which doesn’t support WPS.

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Interface:

If device is set to repeater mode, you can choose

“Client”

interface to connect

with other AP by using WPS, otherwise you may choose

“AP”

interface to do WPS

with other clients.

WPS via Push Button:

Press the button to start the WPS process. The router will wait for

the WPS request from the wireless devices within 2 minutes.

WPS via PIN:

You can fill-in the PIN code of the wireless device and press the button to

start the WPS process. The router will wait for the WPS request from the wireless

device within 2 minutes.

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6.7. Client List

This WLAN Client Table shows the Wireless client associate to this Wireless Router.