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How to set Wireless Encryption in Your Router

Without wireless security options configured in your network, an eavesdropper within your wireless range may be able to

access the network and the data that is being transmitted over it. TrueMobile 2300 provides WEP and WPA encryption for

wireless security.

WPA is an upgrade to the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) standard for securing your wireless network. If you would like to

secure your wireless network using WPA, you will need the following:

WPA enabled on your Dell TrueMobile 2300 Wireless Broadband Router

WPA support for your wireless clients. If you are using a Dell TrueMobile wireless client, you can check for the

availability of WPA enabled software update for your wireless client at

.

1. Log into the Web configuration of your router at

http://my.router

(or the default address

)

2. Click on

Basic Settings

.

3. Click on

Wireless Security

.

4. Click on the

Enable Wireless Security

checkbox.

5. Select either

WEP

or

WPA

in the Network Authentication list.

To setup WEP

6. Select hexadecimal or ASCII characters as the

Key Format

. You can use either as a string of hexadecimal digits

(character 0 ~ 9 and A ~F ) or as ASCII characters (any key on the keyboard).

7. Select desired encryption level from the

Key Length

list. It could be either

40(64)-bit

or

104(128)-bit

key length.

8. Enter four different keys in the

Key1

,

Key2

,

Key3

, and

Key4

fields to store on your Router. For 40(64)-bit encryption,

enter a 5-character (or 10 hexadecimal digits). For 104(128)-bit encryption, enter a 13-character (or 26 hexadecimal

digits) WEP key.

9. Select only one key out of the four keys as the

Default Key

for encryption.

10. Click

NEXT

, then

Save and Restart

to apply the changes.

11. Setup the WEP on your wireless clients. Refer to the documentation that accompanied your wireless clients, or your

wireless clients on-line help system for information on how to setup WEP.

To setup

WPA

6. Enter your pre-shared key. This key must match the key that is used by each wireless client computer associated to

your router.

7. Choose a key format. This can be

hexadecimal

digits (0-9, A-F) or

ASCII

characters (any key on the keyboard).

8.

WPA Group Rekey Interval

specifies how often the key “rotates” or changes.

9. WPA Encryption allows you to select 1 of 2 possible encryption methods (

TKIP

and

AES

) - choose one that your

wireless clients supports.

10. Click

NEXT

, then

Save and Restart

to apply the changes.

11. Setup the WPA on your wireless clients. Refer to the documentation that accompanied your wireless clients, or your

wireless clients on-line help system for information on how to setup WPA.

NOTE: The TrueMobile 2300 router offers 2 ways to set the wireless encryption in your router. One is Wireless

Security feature in web configuration tool mentioned here. The other is through the Windows-based software program

-

control utility

. To learn more about this utility, click on the aforementioned link.

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How to turn off Broadcast SSID?

1. Open your web browser and go to

http://my.router

, (or the default address

.)

2. Click on the "

Advanced Settings

" tab on the top navigation bar.

3. Click on "

Advanced Wireless

" on the left navigation bar.

4. Clear the "

Enable SSID Broadcast function

" checkbox.

5. Click

Submit

.

6. Click

Save & Restart

.

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Setting up as an Access Point

1. Open your web browser and go to

http://my.router

, (or the default address

.)

2. Click the

Basic Settings

tab on the top navigation bar.

3. Select

Access Point Mode

.

4. Click the

Next

button.

5. Click the

Save & Apply

tab on the left navigation bar.

6. Click

Save & Restart

.

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Setting Up File & Printer Sharing

Introduction

Installing File and Printer Sharing

Sharing a printer

Sharing files

Security Note

Introduction

Now that you have completed the setup of your network with the TrueMobile 2300 router, you can start sharing files and

printers. This is helpful if, for example, your home has 3 computers and only one printer. You can configure your network so

that all 3 computers can share the same printer.

To enable File and Printer Sharing you will need to do the following:

Install

File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks

on each computer on the network (

Installing File & Printer

Sharing

)

Enable sharing on the printer you wish to share (

Sharing a printer

)

Enable sharing on the files you wish to share (

Sharing files

)

Installing the File & Printer Sharing

Follow the instructions below to install the file and printer sharing service:

For Windows 2000 and XP

1. Right-click on

My Network Places

icon on the desktop and select

Properties

in menu.

2. Right-click on

Local Area Connection

icon and select

Properties

in menu.

3. If you can see the

File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

item, you can skip this section. The file and

printer sharing service had already been installed.

4. If the

File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

item is not present, click on

Install

button.

5. Select

Service

, and then click on

Add

button.

6. Select

File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks

and click

OK.

Sharing a Printer

To share a printer, perform the following steps on the computer that has the printer you wish to share:

1. Click

Start

->

Settings

->

Printers

.

2. Click the printer you want to share to highlight it.

3. On the

File

menu, click

Properties

.

4. Click the

Sharing

tab, and then click

Shared As

.

5. Follow the on screen instructions to complete.