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Setting WPA Security
Note:
To use WPA security, your wireless network cards must be equipped with software that supports WPA° At the time this User Manual was
published, a security patch from Microsoft is available for free download° This patch works only with Windows XP°
Your Router supports WPA-PSK° WPA-PSK uses what is known as a pre-shared key as the security key° A pre-shared key is basically a password
that is between eight and 39 characters long° It can be a combination of letters, numbers, or characters° Each client uses the same key to access the
network° Typically this is the mode that will be used in a home environment°
Setting WPA-PSK
1°
From the “Security Mode” drop-down menu, select “WPA-PSK”°
2°
For “Encryption Technique”, select “TKIP” or “AES”° This setting will
have to be identical on the clients that you set up°
3°
Enter your pre-shared key° This can be from eight to 39 characters and
can be letters, numbers, or symbols° This same key must be used on
all of the clients that you set up°
4°
Click “Apply Changes” to finish° You must now set all clients to match
these settings°
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Encryption in the Router is now set° Each of your computers on
your wireless network will now need to be configured with the same
passphrase° Refer to the documentation of your wireless network
adapter for information on making this change°
Setting WEP Encryption
Note to Mac users:
The “Passphrase” option will not operate with Apple
®
AirPort
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° To configure encryption for your Mac computer, set the encryption
using the manual method described in the next section°
1°
Select “128-bit WEP” or “64-bit WEP” from the drop-down menu°
2°
After selecting your WEP encryption mode, you can enter you WEP
key manually by typing in the hex WEP key manually, or you can type
a passphrase in the “PassPhrase” field and click “Generate” to create
a WEP key from the passphrase° Click “Apply Changes” to finish° You
must now set all of your clients to match these settings°
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Note to Mac users:
Original Apple AirPort products support 64-bit
encryption only° Apple AirPort 2 products can support 64-bit or 128-bit
encryption° Please check your product to see which version you are
using° If you cannot configure your network with 128-bit encryption, try
64-bit encryption°
Using a Hexadecimal Key
A hexadecimal key is a mixture of numbers and letters from A–F and 0–9° 64-bit keys are 10 digits long and can be divided into five two-digit
numbers° 128-bit keys are 26 digits long and can be divided into 13 two-digit numbers°
For instance:
AF 0F 4B C3 D4
= 64-bit key
C3 03 0F AF 0F 4B B2 C3 D4 4B C3 D4 E7
= 128-bit key
In the boxes below, make up your key by writing in two characters
between A–F and 0–9° You will use this key to program the encryption
settings on your Router and your wireless computers°
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Setting MAC Address Control
The MAC address filter is a powerful security feature that allows you to specify which computers are allowed on the wireless network°
Note:
This list
applies only to wireless computers° This list can be configured so any computer attempting to access the wireless network that is not specified in the
filter list will be denied access° When you enable this feature, you must enter the MAC address of each client (computer) to which you want to allow
network access° The “Block” feature lets you turn on and off access to the network easily for any computer without having to add and remove the
computer’s MAC address from the list°
Setting up an Allow Access List
1°
Select the “Allow” radio button
(1)
to begin setting up a list of
computers allowed to connect to the wireless network°
2°
Next, in the “MAC Address” field that is blank
(2)
, type in the MAC
address of the wireless computer you want to be able to access the
wireless network, then click “<<Add”
(3)
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3°
Continue to do this until all of the computers you want to add have
been entered°
4°
Click “Apply Changes”
(4)
to finish°
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Setting up a Deny Access List
The “Deny Access” list lets you specify computers that you DO NOT want to access the network° Any computer in the list will not be allowed access
to the wireless network° All others will°
1°
Select the “Deny” radio button
(1)
to begin setting up a list of
computers to be denied access to the wireless network°
2°
Next, in the “MAC Address” field that is blank
(2)
, type in the MAC
address of the wireless computer you want to deny access to the
wireless network, then click “<<Add”
(3)
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3°
Continue to do this until all of the computers you want to deny access
to have been entered°
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(4)
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