ASUS RT-ACRH13 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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4

Conﬁguring the Advanced

Settings

4.1

Wireless

4.1.1 General

The General tab allows you to conﬁgure the basic wireless

settings.

To conﬁgure the basic wireless settings:

1. From the navigation panel, go to

Advanced Settings

>

Wireless

>

General

tab.

2. Select 2.4GHz or 5GHz as the frequency band for your wireless

network.

3. Assign a unique name containing up to 32 characters for your

SSID (Service Set Identiﬁer) or network name to identify your

wireless network. Wi-Fi devices can identify and connect to

the wireless network via your assigned SSID. The SSIDs on the

information banner are updated once new SSIDs are saved to

the settings.

NOTE

:

You can assign unique SSIDs for the 2.4 GHz and 5GHz frequency

bands.

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4. In the

Hide SSID

ﬁeld, select

Yes

to prevent wireless devices

from detecting your SSID. When this function is enabled, you

would need to enter the SSID manually on the wireless device

to access the wireless network.

5. Select any of these wireless mode options to determine the

types of wireless devices that can connect to your wireless

router:

•

Auto

: Select

Auto

to allow 802.11AC, 802.11n, 802.11g, and

802.11b devices to connect to the wireless router.

•

Legacy

: Select

Legacy

to allow 802.11b/g/n devices to

connect to the wireless router. Hardware that supports

802.11n natively, however, will only run at a maximum speed

of 54Mbps.

•

N only

: Select

N only

to maximize wireless N performance.

This setting prevents 802.11g and 802.11b devices from

connecting to the wireless router.

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

Auto

to allow the wireless router to automatically select the

channel that has the least amount of interference.

7. Select any of these channel bandwidth to accommodate higher

transmission speeds:

40MHz:

Select this bandwidth to maximize the wireless

throughput.

20MHz (default):

Select this bandwidth if you encounter some

issues with your wireless connection.

8. Select any of these authentication methods:

•

Open System

: This option provides no security.

•

Shared Key

: You must use WEP encryption and enter at least

one shared key.

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•

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.

•

Radius with 802.1x

NOTE:

Your wireless router supports the maximum transmission rate

of 54Mbps when the

Wireless Mode

is set to

Auto

and

encryption

method

is

WEP

or

TKIP

.

9. Select any of these WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) Encryption

options for the data transmitted over your wireless network:

•

Oﬀ

: Disables WEP encryption

•

64-bit

: Enables weak WEP encryption

•

128-bit

: Enables improved WEP encryption.

10. When done, click

Apply

.

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4.1.2 WPS

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is a wireless security standard that

allows you to easily connect devices to a wireless network. You

can conﬁgure the WPS function via the PIN code or WPS button.

NOTE

:

Ensure that the devices support WPS.

To enable WPS on your wireless network:

1. From the navigation panel, go to

Advanced Settings

>

Wireless

>

WPS

tab.

2. In the

Enable WPS

ﬁeld, move the slider to

ON

.

3. WPS uses 2.4GHz by default. If you want to change the

frequency to 5GHz, turn

OFF

the WPS function, click

Switch

Frequency

in the

Current Frequency

ﬁeld, and turn WPS

ON

again.

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NOTE:

WPS supports authentication using Open System, WPA-Personal,

and WPA2-Personal. WPS does not support a wireless network that uses

a Shared Key, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, and RADIUS encryption

method.

3. In the WPS Method ﬁeld, select

Push Button

or

Client PIN

code. If you select

Push Button

, go to step 4. If you select

Client PIN

code, go to step 5.

4. To set up WPS using the router’s WPS button, follow these

steps:

a. Click

Start

or press the WPS button found at the rear of the

wireless router.

b. Press the WPS button on your wireless device. This is

normally identiﬁed by the WPS logo.

NOTE:

Check your wireless device or its user manual for the location of

the WPS button.

c. The wireless router will scan for any available WPS devices.

If the wireless router does not ﬁnd any WPS devices, it will

switch to standby mode.

5. To set up WPS using the Client’s PIN code, follow these steps:

a. Locate the WPS PIN code on your wireless device’s user

manual or on the device itself.

b. Key in the Client PIN code on the text box.

c. Click

Start

to put your wireless router into WPS survey mode.

The router’s LED indicators quickly ﬂash three times until the

WPS setup is completed.

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