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g Nitro:

Leave this option enabled for improved performance with distance and throughput with

your SMC 11g hardware.

8.4.2 | Wireless Security

The Barricade g supports 3 modes of Wireless Security, including WPA, RADIUS, and WEP. These

three modes are outlined in the following sections.

•

WEP –

Wireless Encryption supports

64- and 128-bit and also a pass-phrase feature to auto

generate WEP keys.

•

WPA –

Wireless Protected Access, uses Dynamic keys that can be manually entered or auto

generated with a pre-shared key (PSK)

•

Radius (802.1x) –

supports authentication through a radius server

NOTE:

For ultimate flexibility the Barricade g router can be configured to support both WEP and

WPA clients.

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8.4.3 | WEP

WEP is a basic encryption method which is not as secure as WPA. However, for most home users,

WEP is satisfactory.

WEP Mode:

The Barricade g supports 2 WEP modes, 64-bit and 128-bit.

Passphrase:

Use this tool to generate a key from a common phrase.

Static WEP Keys:

Choose this option if you want to configure the WEP keys in the Barricade g.

Depending on if 802.1X authentication is enabled a Radius server may be required.

Dynamic WEP Keys:

If you enable the [Dynamic] key option, the Barricade dynamically generates

WEP keys when starting up and provides clients with the keys thru EAPOL packets after clients pass

1X authentication. A Radius server is required.

NOTE

: When using Dynamic Keys, the 1X authentication should be enabled too, and clients should

choose TLS, TTLS, or PEAP to do 1X authentication.

WPA/WEP:

If you configure both WEP and WPA (PSK) security options then you will

configure your

wireless WEP clients to use either WEP key 2, 3, or 4.

WEP key 1 cannot be used.

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8.4.4 | WPA

Wireless Protected Access or WPA is the latest wireless security enhancement that increases the

level of data protection for communicating over wireless networks. There are 2 modes of WPA, PSK

(pre-shared key) or Radius (803.1.x).

NOTE

: To use WPA you must have a Wireless Client adapter that supports WPA as well as a WPA

client.

For Windows XP users, you can download and install a WPA update from the Microsoft site.

Cypher Suite:

Only TKIP is supported

802.1X Authentication:

Requires a Radius server is configured in the 802.1x section.

Pre-shared Key (PSK) Authentication:

Uses a pre-shared key to do authentication. No Radius

server is required. The pre-shared key can be generated using with passphrase style or manually

defined with 64 HEX characters.

Group Key Re-keying:

This in the interval time period of renewing broadcast/multicast the

dynamic WPA key to each wireless client on your network.

NOTE

: When both WEP and WPA clients are allowed, the Group Key Re-keying function will

automatically be disabled.

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8.4.5 | Radius (802.1x)

WEP or WPA can be used in coordination with a RADIUS server is connected to the Router or on the

same Network.

Session Idle Timeout:

This is the time (in seconds) that a session will be inactive before

terminating. Set 0 if you do not want the session to timeout.

Re-Authentication Period:

The time interval required for the client to re-authenticate again. For

example, if you set this to 30 seconds, the client will have to re-authenticate every 30 seconds.

Quiet Period:

This value is the time (in seconds) the Barricade will wait between failed

authentications.

Server IP:

Set the LAN IP address of your Radius Server.

Server Port:

Set the connection port that is configured on the Radius server.

Secret Key:

This is the 802.1X secret key shared between the Barricade g and the Radius server.

NAS-ID:

The NAS ID is an alphanumeric string or an IP address that the RADIUS server uses to

identify packets from the server. The value you enter here will be sent in the NAS-Identifier (32)

attribute in all Access-Request packets sent to this RADIUS server. By default, the NAS ID is the

name of the server.

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8.5 | NAT

From this section, you can configure the Virtual Server and Special Application features that

provide control over the port openings in the router’s firewall. This section can be used to support

several Internet based applications such as online games.

8.5.1 | Virtual Server

The Virtual Server section allows you to set up public services on your network, such as web

servers, ftp servers, e-mail servers, or other specialized Internet applications. (i.e.

videoconferencing or online gaming.)

NOTE

: Some Internet applications may not require any forwarding.

To open or forward a port follow the steps outlined below:

1.

Enter in the IP Address of the PC on your network that you want all of this data/traffic

directed to.

2.

Select the Protocol Type. This can be TCP, UDP, or Both types of data.

3.

Enter in the LAN or Private port; this is the internal port that you want this traffic directed

to.

4.

Enter in the WAN or Public Port; this is the external port the traffic will be coming in from

the WAN side.

5.

Check the Enable option, and click the [Add] button.

NOTE

: If you want to temporally disable a virtual server rule, simply uncheck the Enable option

and click the [Add] button.

If you want to remove the virtual server rule, then click the [Clean]

button.

Need Port Info?

For a list of the ports required by some of the popular online games and other applications

please refer to

Appendix C | SMC Port List for Games and Applications.

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