ASUS 4G-N12 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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7. Select the operating channel for your wireless router. Select

Auto

to allow the wireless router to automatically select the

channel that has the minimum interference.

8.

Extension Channel

: The extension channel that you can assign

is based on the following:

• When Bandwidth is set to 20MHz, the extension channel is

disabled.

• When Wireless Channel (main channel) is set to 1, select

channel 5 as the extension channel.

• When the Wireless Channel is set to channel 9, select channel

5 or 13 as the extension channel.

9.

WMM

: Enables or disables the use of QoS. The QoS (Quality

of Service) function allows you to diﬀerentiate WMM (Wi-Fi

Multimedia) traﬃc and provide it with high-priority forwarding

service.

10. Select any of these authentication methods:

•

Open System

: This option provides no security.

•

WPA/WPA2 Personal/WPA Auto-Personal

: This option

provides strong security. You can use either WPA (with

TKIP) or WPA2 (with AES). If you select this option, you must

use TKIP + AES encryption and enter the WPA passphrase

(network key).

•

WPA/WPA2 Enterprise/WPA Auto-Enterprise

: This option

provides very strong security. It is with integrated EAP server

or an external RADIUS back-end authentication server.

11. When done, click

Apply

.

NOTE

:

Your wireless router supports the maximum transmission rate

of 54Mbps when the Wireless Mode is set to Auto and the encryption

method is WEP or TKIP.

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RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) Setting

provides an extra layer of security when you choose WPA-

Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, or RADIUS with 802.1x as your

Authentication Mode.

4.1.2 RADIUS Setting

To conﬁgure the wireless RADIUS settings:

1. From the navigation panel, go to

Advanced Settings

>

Wireless

>

RADIUS Setting

tab.

2.

Server IP Address

: Enter the RADIUS server’s IP Address in this

ﬁeld.

3.

Server Port

: Enter the RADIUS server’s port number in this

ﬁeld.

4.

Connection Secret

: Enter the password to access your RADIUS

server.

5.

Network Key Rotation Interval

: Deﬁne the renewal period

that the RADIUS server sends a new encryption keys out to all

clients.

6. When done, click

Apply

.

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4.1.3 Wireless MAC Filter

Wireless MAC ﬁlter provides control over packets transmitted to

a speciﬁed MAC (Media Access Control) address on your wireless

network.

To set up the Wireless MAC ﬁlter:

1. From the navigation panel, go to

Advanced Settings

>

Wireless

>

Wireless MAC Filter

tab.

2. In the

Enable MAC Filter

ﬁeld, select

Yes

to enable Wireless

MAC ﬁlter.

3. In the

MAC Filter Mode

dropdown list, select either

Accept

or

Reject

.

• Select

Accept

to allow devices in the MAC ﬁlter list to access

the wireless network.

• Select

Reject

to prevent devices in the MAC ﬁlter list to

access the wireless network.

4. On

the MAC ﬁlter list

, click

and key in the MAC address of

the wireless device.

5. Click

Apply

.

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4.1.4 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) allows you easy create a secure

wireless network via the PIN code or Push Button Control (PBC)

feature.

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To create a secure network using WPS:

1. From the navigation panel, go to

Advanced Settings

>

Wireless

>

WPS

tab.

2. In the

Enable WPS

ﬁeld, select

Enabled

, then click

Apply

.

3. Set up WPS via the PIN code or PBC (Push Button Control)

method. Refer to the succeeding steps for more details.

To set up WPS via the PIN code method:

1. Power on your client device that supports WPS PIN (Personal

Information Number) code method.

2. Enter the PIN code of the client device and click

Enroll

.

NOTE

: The PIN code can be found either at the bottom of the packaging

case or on the user interface of the client device.

3. Start the WPS PIN process on the client device.

NOTE

: For details, refer to the user manual of the client device.

4. If you want to change the wireless router PIN code, click

Generate PIN

or

Restore PIN

to create or restore the PIN.

To set up WPS via the PBC method:

1. Power on your client device that supports WPS.

2. On your wireless router WPS screen, click

Start PBC

. You can

also press the WPS button on the left side of your wireless

router.

3. Press the WPS button on the client device.

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