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seconds.

If you want to enable the RADIUS service, check Enable and then do the following settings.

RADIUS Server IP Address:

Enter the IP address of RADIUS authentication server.

RADIUS Server Port:

Enter the port number of RADIUS authentication server here.

Default value is 1812.

RADIUS Shared Secret:

Enter the password of RADIUS authentication server.

Click Apply to confirm the settings.

WPA / WPA2 - PSK

Security Mode:

You can choose the type of security mode you want to apply from the

drop-down menu.

WPA Algorithms:

There are two Algorithms, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) and

TKIP(Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) which help to protect the wireless communication.

The Default algorithm is AES.

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WPA Shared Key:

The key for network authentication. The input format is in character

style and key size should be in the range between 8 and 63 characters.

Group Key Renewal:

The period of renewal time for changing the security key

automatically between wireless client and Access Point (AP). Default value is 3600

seconds.

Click Apply to confirm the settings.

WEP

RADIUS / 802.1x:

Whether to enable RADIUS / 802.1x.

WEP Authentication:

To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data

transmitted over the network, the router offers secure data encryption, known as WEP.

There are 3 options to select from:

Open System, Shared key

or

both

.

Default Used WEP Key:

Select the encryption key ID; please refer to

Key (1~4)

below.

Passphrase:

This is used to generate WEP keys automatically based upon the input

string and a pre-defined algorithm in WEP64 or WEP128.

Key (1-4):

Enter the key to encrypt wireless data. To allow encrypted data transmission,

the WEP Encryption Key values on all wireless stations must be the same as the router.

There are four keys for your selection. The input format can be either HEX style or ASCII

format, 10 and 26 HEX codes or 5 and 13 ASCII codes are required for WEP64 and

WEP128 respectively.

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If you want to enable the RADIUS service, check Enable and then do the following settings.

WEP Authentication:

If you enable

RADIUS/802.1x,

then the default

WEP

Authentication

is

Open System.

RADIUS Server IP Address:

Enter the IP address of RADIUS authentication server.

RADIUS Server Port:

Enter the port number of RADIUS authentication server here.

Default value is 1812.

RADIUS Shared Secret:

Enter the password of RADIUS authentication server.

Click Apply to confirm the settings.

Note:

For information about settling Radius/802.1x, please refer to

WLAN

setup section.

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5.3.1.5 WPS

WPS (WiFi Protected Setup) feature is a standard protocol created by Wi-Fi Alliance. This feature

greatly simplifies the steps needed to create a Wi-Fi network for a residential or an office setting. WPS

supports 2 types of configuration methods which are commonly known among consumers:

PIN

Method

&

PBC Method

.

Wi-Fi Network Setup

PIN Method: Configure AP as Registrar

1. Jot down the client’s Pin (eg. 16837546).

2.

Enter the Enrollee’s PIN number and then press Start.

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3.

Launch the wireless client’s WPS utility (eg. Ralink Utility). Set the Config Mode as Enrollee, press

the WPS button on the top bar, select the AP (eg. wlan-ap) from the WPS AP List column. Then press

the PIN button located on the middle left of the page to run the scan.