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Understanding Advanced Wireless Settings

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4-3

Implementing Appropriate Wireless Security

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4-5

Information to Gather Before Changing Basic Wireless Settings

.............................

4-7

How to Set Up and Test Basic Wireless Connectivity

..............................................

4-8

How to Configure WEP or WPA

.....................................................................................

4-9

Configuring Advanced Wireless Settings

.....................................................................

4-11

Wireless Card Access (Restricting by MAC Address)

..................................................

4-12

Turning Access Control On

....................................................................................

4-13

Setting up the Access Control List

.........................................................................

4-13

Chapter 5

Management and Information

Changing the Password

.................................................................................................

5-1

Upgrading the Wireless Access Point Firmware

............................................................

5-2

First, Prepare for the Firmware Upgrade

.................................................................

5-2

Then, Upgrade the Firmware

...................................................................................

5-2

Backing up Settings or Restoring Settings

.....................................................................

5-3

Backing up Settings

.................................................................................................

5-4

Restoring Settings from a Backup File

.....................................................................

5-4

Restoring Factory Default Settings

..........................................................................

5-4

Rebooting the WPN802 Access Point

............................................................................

5-5

Viewing a List of Available Wireless Stations

.................................................................

5-5

Viewing Statistics

............................................................................................................

5-6

Chapter 6

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Tips

......................................................................................................

6-1

No lights are lit on the access point.

.......................................................................

6-1

The Ethernet light is not lit.

.......................................................................................

6-1

The WLAN light is not lit.

.........................................................................................

6-1

I cannot configure the access point from a browser.

...............................................

6-2

I cannot access the Internet or the LAN with a wireless capable computer.

...........

6-2

When I enter a URL or IP address I get a timeout error.

..........................................

6-2

Using the Reset Button to Restore Factory Default Settings

..........................................

6-3

To clear all data and restore the factory default values:

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6-3

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Appendix A

Technical Specifications

Appendix B

Wireless Networking Basics

Wireless Networking Overview

......................................................................................

B-1

Infrastructure Mode

.................................................................................................

B-1

Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup)

................................................................

B-2

Network Name: Extended Service Set Identification (ESSID)

................................

B-2

Authentication and WEP Data Encryption

.....................................................................

B-2

802.11 Authentication

..............................................................................................

B-3

Open System Authentication

...................................................................................

B-3

Shared Key Authentication

......................................................................................

B-4

Overview of WEP Parameters

................................................................................

B-5

Key Size

..................................................................................................................

B-6

WEP Configuration Options

....................................................................................

B-7

Wireless Channels

.........................................................................................................

B-7

WPA and WPA2 Wireless Security

................................................................................

B-8

How Does WPA Compare to WEP?

........................................................................

B-9

How Does WPA Compare to WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)?

............................................

B-10

What are the Key Features of WPA and WPA2 Security?

....................................

B-10

WPA/WPA2 Authentication: Enterprise-level User

Authentication via 802.1x/EAP and RADIUS

..................................................

B-12

WPA/WPA2 Data Encryption Key Management

.............................................

B-14

Is WPA/WPA2 Perfect?

.........................................................................................

B-16

Product Support for WPA/WPA2

...........................................................................

B-16

Supporting a Mixture of WPA, WPA2, and WEP

Wireless Clients is Discouraged

.....................................................................

B-16

Changes to Wireless Access Points

...............................................................

B-17

Changes to Wireless Network Adapters

.........................................................

B-17

Changes to Wireless Client Programs

............................................................

B-18

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About This Manual

This chapter describes the intended audience, scope, conventions, and formats of this manual.

Audience, Scope, Conventions, and Formats

This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic to intermediate computer and Internet

skills. However, basic computer network, Internet, firewall, and VPN technologies tutorial

information is provided in the Appendices and on the Netgear website.

This guide uses the following typographical conventions:

This guide uses the following formats to highlight special messages:

This manual is written for the WPN802 Access Point according to these specifications:

Table 1-1.

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This format is used to highlight information of importance or special interest.

Table 1-2.

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Manual Publication Date

May 2005

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Product updates are available on the NETGEAR, Inc. Web site at

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