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Fields in this page:

Field

Description

Enable VAP1-3

To enable Virtual Access Point 1 to 3.

SSID

Service set identifier, or SSID, is a name that identifies a particular

802.11 wireless LAN.

Broadcast SSID

The BSSID is a 48bit identity used to identify a particular BSS (Basic

Service Set) within an area. In Infrastructure BSS networks, the BSSID is

the MAC (Medium Access Control) address of the AP (Access Point) and

in Independent BSS or ad hoc networks, the BSSID is generated

randomly.

Authentication Type Authentication protocol available for MBSSID.

Function buttons in this page:

Apply Changes

Set new configuration. New parameters will take effect after save into flash memory and

reboot th

e system. See section “Admin” for save details.

4.4.4

Security

This screen allows you to setup the wireless security. Turn on WEP or WPA by using

encryption keys could prevent any unauthorized access to your WLAN.

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Fields in this page:

Field

Description

SSID Type

Choose the SSID type where wireless security to be configured with.

Encryption

There are 4 types of security to be selected. To secure your WLAN, it’s

strongly recommended to enable this feature.

WEP:

Make sure that all wireless devices on your network are using the

same encryption level and key. Click

Set WEP Key

button to set the

encryption key.

WPA (TKIP):

WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) for data

encryption. TKIP utilized a stronger encryption method and

incorporates Message Integrity Code (MIC) to provide protection against

hackers.

WPA2 (AES):

WPA2, also known as 802.11i, uses Advanced Encryption

Standard (AES) for data encryption. AES utilized a symmetric 128-bit

block data encryption.

WAP2 Mixed

: The AP supports WPA (TKIP) and WPA2 (AES) for data

encryption. The actual selection of the encryption methods will depend

on the clients.

Use 802.1x

Check it to enable 802.1x authentication. This option is selectable only

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Authentication

w

hen the “Encryption” is choose to either

None

or

WEP.

If the

“Encryption” is

WEP

, you need to further select the WEP key length to be

either

WEP 64bits

or

WEP 128bits.

WPA Authentication

Mode

There are 2 types of authentication mode for WPA.

WPA-RADIUS:

WPA RADIUS uses an external RADIUS server to perform

user authentication. To use WPA RADIUS, enter the IP address of the

RADIUS server, the RADIUS port (default is 1812) and the shared secret

from the RADIUS server. Please refer to “Authentication RADIUS Server”

setting below for RADIUS setting. The WPA algorithm is selected

between TKIP and AES, please refer to “WPA cipher Suite” below.

Pre-Shared Key:

Pre-Shared Key authentication is based on a shared

secret that is known only by the parties involved. To use WPA

Pre-Shared Key, select key format and enter a password in the

“Pre

-

Shared Key Format” and “Pre

-

Shared Key” setting respectively.

Please refer to “Pre

-

Shared Key Format” and “Pre

-

Shared Key” setting

below.

Pre-Shared Key

Format

PassPhrase:

Select this to enter the Pre-Shared Key secret as

user-friendly textual secret.

Hex (64 characters):

Select this to enter the Pre-Shared Key secret as

hexadecimal secret.

Pre-Shared Key

Specify the shared secret used by this Pre-

Shared Key. If the “Pre

-Shared

Ke

y Format” is specified as

PassPhrase

, then it indicates a passphrase of

8 to 63 bytes long; or if the “Pre

-

Shared Key Format” is specified as

PassPhrase

, then it indicates a 64-hexadecimal number.

Authentication

RADIUS Server

If the

WPA-RADIUS

is selected

at “WPA Authentication Mode”, the port

(default is 1812), IP address and password of external RADIUS server

are specified here.

Function buttons in this page:

Apply Changes

Set new configuration. New parameters will take effect after save into flash memory and

reboot the system. See section “Admin” for save details.

4.4.5

Access Control

This page allows administrator to have access control by enter MAC address of client

stations. When Enable this function, MAC address can be added into access control list and

only those clients whose wireless MAC address are in the access control list will be able to

connect to your DSL device (or AP).

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Fields in this page:

Field

Description

Wireless Access

Control Mode

The Selections are:

Disable

Disable the wireless ACL feature.

Allow Listed

When this option is selected, no wireless clients except those whose

MAC addresses are in the current access control list will be able to

connect (to this device).

Deny Listed

When this option is selected, all wireless clients except those whose

MAC addresses are in the current access control list will be able to

connect (to this device).

MAC Address

Enter client MAC address and press “Apply Changes” button to add client

MAC address into current access control list.

Function buttons for the setting block:

Apply Changes

Click to add this entry into the

Current Access Control List

.

Reset

Discard your changes.

The

Current Access Control List

lists the client MAC addresses. Any wireless client with its

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MAC address listed in this access control list will be able to connect to the device. You can

select the entries at the Select column and apply to the following function buttons.

Function buttons for the Current Access Control List:

Delete Selected

Delete the selected entries from the list.

Delete All

Flush the list.

Reset

Discard your changes.

4.4.6

C2C

Although home Wi-Fi networks have become more and more popular, users still have

trouble with the initial set up of network. This obstacle forces users to use the open security

and increases the risk of eavesdropping. Therefore, The Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is

designed to ease set up of security-enabled Wi-Fi networks and subsequently network

management (Wi-Fi Protected Setup Specification 1.0h.pdf, p. 8).

The largest difference between WPS-enabled devices and legacy devices is that users do not

need the knowledge about SSID, channel and security settings, but they could still surf in a

security-enabled Wi-Fi network.

This device supports Push Button method and PIN method for WPS. The following

sub-paragraphs will describe the function of each item. The webpage is as below.