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Local Network - Wireless Settings Page

The Local Network - Wireless Settings page allows you to view or change the wireless settings with which

your gateway is configured.

Figure 32. MDC Local Network Wireless Settings Page

The Current Settings panel shows the 2Wire gateway’s wireless access point settings.

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Access Point.

The designated name of the wireless access point.

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Network Name.

The name assigned to your wireless network. The default is 2WIREXXX, where XXX

represents the last three digits of your 2Wire gateway serial number (for example, 2WIRE954).

•

Channel.

The radio frequency band the access point uses for your wireless network (the default is 6).

Wireless adapter cards auto-detect the channels to use. If you are having problems with your wireless

network, it could be due to radio interference. You can change the wireless channel to see if

interference is reduced on a different channel.

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Authentication.

The security method used to ensure that users are authorized to access the wireless

network: WEP-Open, WEP-Shared, or WPA-PSK.

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Encryption.

The security setting that makes it difficult for unauthorized users to access your network.

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The Settings panel allows you to change the Network Name and Wireless Channel, and enable SSID

broadcast.

Customizing Security Settings

You should always enable encryption for wireless communication. When encryption is enabled, you must

define an encryption key for the 2Wire gateway’s wireless access point and configure that same key on each

wireless client that will use your 2Wire gateway wireless network.

You can customize the following wireless settings in the Wireless Security panel.

1.

From the Authentication pull-down menu, select an authentication setting:

WEP-Open, WEP-Shared, or

WPA-PSK.

Open authentication allows users to configure their wireless adapter as either Open or Shared; in either

case an encryption key is required. Shared authentication allows users to configure their wireless

adapter for Shared authentication, which requires an encryption key. WPA-PSK requires that users

configure their wireless adapter using TKIP

.

2.

To use the encryption key that came with your gateway, click the

Use default encryption key

radio button.

To create a custom encryption key, click the

Use custom encryption key

radio button.

If you select

Use custom encryption ke

y

, you can define a 64-bit or 128-bit encryption key. For 64-bit

encryption, in the Key field enter a 10-digit hexadecimal number. For 128-bit encryption, enter a 26-digit

hexadecimal number. A hexadecimal number uses the characters 0-9, a-f, or A-F.

3.

Click the

Submit

button.

Additional Settings

The Additional Settings panel allows you to customize wireless settings. In general, it is recommended that

you leave the default settings in place; however, if you are experiencing connection or performance

difficulties, altering these settings may improve performance.

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Wireless Mode.

Allows you to force the gateway to use 802.11b/g, 802.11b-only, or 802.11g-only

modes of operation.

•

DTIM Period (seconds).

Determines at which interval the access point will send its broadcast traffic.

The default value is 1 second.

•

Power Setting.

Allows you to select the power level for your wireless connection. The default list is 1 to

4; additional options may appear based on the service provider’s configuration.

•

Maximum Connection Rate.

The maximum rate at which your wireless connection works (1, 2, 5.5, 11,

or 22 Mbps for 802.11b-based models; 1, 2, 5.5, 11, 6, 9, 12, 24, 36, 48, or 54 Mbps for 802.11b/

g-based models).

Note:

If encryption is enabled, each wireless client must be configured with the encryption key

defined on the system before it can operate on your wireless network.

Note:

Because the fields that display are dependent on the type of wireless adapter you are

using, some of these settings may not display.

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Local Network - Configuration Page

The Local Network - Configuration page allows you to change the gateway’s default local network settings.

You must click the

Submit

button for changes to take effect.

Figure 33. MDC Local Network Configuration Page

Private Network Settings

By default, the gateway uses the 192.168.1.254/255.255.255.0 IP address range. The Private Network

pane allows you to change the IP address range used by the local network. You can choose from three

standard configuration options, or configure the network settings manually.

Note:

To access this page, your network must have the Remote Management feature enabled.

If the feature is not enabled, an error message will display when you click the link to access

this page.

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Public Routed Subinterface Settings

The Public Routed Subinterface pane allows you to create a local network that has broadband network-

accessible IP addresses by creating a route from the Internet to the public network specified. The public

network operates without the use of Network Address Translation (NAT). This feature is typically used in

conjunction with broadband service that provides a range of available IP addresses. Once enabled, the

public IP addresses can be assigned to local computers.

Public Proxied Subnet Settings

The Public Proxied Subnet pane allows you to create a local network that has broadband-accessible IP

addresses. Public Proxied Subnet is a public network in which the local network is an extension of the

broadband network and does not require any special routing. Computers that are assigned Public Proxied

Subnet IP addresses operate without the use of Network Address Translation (NAT). This feature is typically

used in conjunction with broadband service that provides a range of IP addresses. Once enabled, the Public

Proxied Subnet IP addresses can be assigned to local computers.

Display Settings

If the

Show Inactive Devices

checkbox is checked, devices that are no longer on the local network will display

in the Local Network Local Devices list as an inactive device. If this checkbox is not checked, inactive

devices will not be displayed in the device list.

Enable Router Behind Router Alert

If the

Display alert when another router is connected to this router

checkbox is checked, the Router Behind

Router error page displays in the gateway user interface if the gateway detects the presence of a third-party

router. If a third-party router is connected to the 2Wire gateway, the network can become unstable because

both devices are trying to manage private IPs via NAT.

Note:

If you change the local network IP address range, you must renew the DHCP lease on all

devices on the gateway’s local network and manually reconfigure all devices configured with

static IP addresses.

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Firewall - Settings Page

The Firewall - Settings page allows you to configure the firewall to pass through specific application data to

a selected computer.

Figure 35. MDC Firewall Settings Page

Note:

To access this page, your network must have the Remote Management feature enabled.

If the feature is not enabled, an error message will display when you click the link to access

this page.