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If set to

Enable

, your H6300 Series can assign IP addresses, an IP default gateway and

DNS servers to Windows 95, Windows NT and other systems that support the DHCP client.

If set to

disabled

, the DHCP server will be disabled.

If set to

Relay

, the H6300 Series acts as a surrogate DHCP server and relays DHCP

requests and responses between the remote server and the clients. Enter the IP address of

the actual, remote DHCP server in the Remote DHCP Server field in this case.

When DHCP is used, the following items need to be set.

Starting IP Address:

This field specifies the first of the contiguous addresses in the IP

address pool.

IP Pool Count:

This field specifies the size or count of the IP address pool.

Lease Time:

The current lease time of client.

Primary DNS Server:

Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS servers are

passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the subnet mask.

Secondary DNS Server:

Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS servers

are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the subnet mask.

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4.2.3 Wireless

This section introduces the wireless LAN and some basic configurations. Wireless LANs can

be as simple as two computers with wireless LAN cards communicating in a peer-to-peer

network or as complex as a number of computers with wireless LAN cards communicating

through access points which bridge network traffic to the wired LAN.

Access Point Settings

Access Point:

Default setting is set to

Activated

.

If you do not have any wireless, both

802.11g and 802.11b, device in your network, select

Deactived.

802.11g is only supported for the H6300G

.

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Channel ID:

The range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.11b/g wireless devices is

called a channel. Select a channel from the drop-down list box.

Beacon interval:

The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the

beacon. Enter a value between 20 and 1000. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Router

to synchronize the wireless network.

RTS/CTS Threshold:

The RTS (Request To Send) threshold (number of bytes) for

enabling RTS/CTS handshake. Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform

the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to be larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC

service data unit) size turns off the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to zero turns

on the RTS/CTS handshake

Enter a value between 1500 and 2347..

Fragmentation Threshold:

The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation

boundary for directed messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent.

Enter a value between 256 and 2346.

DMIT:

This value, between 1 and 255, indicates the interval of the Delivery Traffic

Indication Message (DTIM).

802.11b/g:

The default setting is

802.11b+g

(Mixed mode). If you do not know or have

both 11g and 11b devices in your network, then keep the default in

mixed mode

.

From the

drop-down manual, you can select

802.11g

if you have only 11g card.

If you have only 11b

card, then select

802.11b

.

Multiple SSIDs Settings

SSID Index:

Users may change the SSID index to 2~3 via CI command, and default

SSID index is “1”.

SSID:

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

from another.

For security propose, change the default

wlan-ap

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 SSID as the

device, in order to get connected to your network.

Broadcast SSID:

Select

Yes

to hide the SSID in so a station cannot obtain the SSID

through passive scanning. Select

No

to make the SSID visible so a station can obtain the

SSID through passive scanning.

Authentication Type:

To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data

transmitted over the network, the router offers highly secure data encryption, known as

WEP.&WPA. If you require high security for transmissions, there are four alternatives to

select from:

64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK

. WEP 128 will offer

increased security over WEP 64.

You can disable or enable with WPA or WEP for protecting wireless network. The default

type of wireless is

disabled

and to allow all wireless computers to communicate with the

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access points without any data encryption

Wireless MAC Address Filter

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the router to give exclusive access to up to 8

devices (Allow Association) or exclude up to 8 devices from accessing the router (Deny

Association). Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address.

The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal

characters, for example, 00:AA:BB:00:00:02. You need to know the MAC address of the

devices to configure this screen.

To change your router’s MAC filter settings, click Wireless LAN, MAC Filter to open the MAC

Filter screen. The screen appears as shown.

.

Active:

Select

Actived

to enable MAC address filtering.

Action:

Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC address filter

table.

Select

Deny Association

to block access to the router, MAC addresses not listed will be

allowed to access the router. Select

Allow Association

to permit access to the router, MAC

addresses not listed will be denied access to the router.

MAC Address:

Enter the MAC addresses (in XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX format) of the

wireless station that are allowed or denied access to the router in these address fields.

WEP

Key 1 to Key 4:

Enter the key to encrypt wireless data. To allow encrypted data

transmission, the WEP Encryption Key values on all wireless stations must be the same as

the router. There are four keys for your selection. The input format is in HEX style, 5 and 13

HEX codes are required for 64-bitWEP and 128-bitWEP respectively.

If you chose

WEP 64-bits

, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters

("0-9", "A-F").

If you chose

WEP 128-bits

, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters

("0-9", "A-F").

You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time. The

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default key is key 1.

WPA-PSK

Encryption:

TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) utilizes a stronger encryption

method and incorporates Message Integrity Code (MIC) to provide protection against

hackers.

Pre-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 64 characters.