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3.4.3
WLAN
Choose
Network > WLAN
. The WLAN page that is displayed contains Basic, Security,
Access Control List, MBSSID, Advanced, WPS, WDS and WDS Security.
3.4.3.1 Basic
Choose
WLAN > Basic
and the following page appears. In this page, you can configure the
parameters for wireless LAN clients that may connect to the router.
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The following table describes the parameters of this page:
Field
Description
Band
Choose the working mode of the router. You can choose
from drop-down list.
Mode
Choose the network model of the router, which is varied
according to the software. By default, the network model
of the router is AP.
SSID
The service set identification (SSID) is a unique name to
identify the router in the wireless LAN. Wireless stations
associating to the router must have the same SSID.
Enter a descriptive name that is used when the wireless
client is connecting to the router.
Channel Width
Options available are 40 MHZ, 20 MHz and 40/20 MHz
Control Sideband
There are two sidebands upper and lower bands. The
lower band comprises of channel numbers 1-9. The
upper band comprises of channel numbers 5-13.
Channel Number
A channel is the radio frequency used by 802.11b/g
wireless devices. There are 11 channels (from 1 to 11)
available depending on the geographical area. When You
may have a choice of channels (for your region) you
should use a different channel from an adjacent AP to
reduce the interference. Interference and degrading
performance occurs when radio signal from different APs
overlap.
Choose a channel from the drop-down list box.
Radio Power (Percent)
You can choose the transmission power of the radio
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signal. The default one is 100%. It is recommended to
choose the default value 100%.
Show Active Clients
Click it to view the information of the wireless clients that
are connected to the router.
Apply Changes
Click it to apply the settings temporarily. If you want to
save the settings of this page permanently, click Save in
the lower left corner which appears only after we apply
changes.
3.4.3.2 Security
Choose
Wireless > Security
and the following page appears.
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The following table describes the parameters of this page:
Field
Description
Encryption
Configure the wireless encryption mode. You can choose
None, WEP, WPA (TKIP), WPA (AES), WPA2 (AES), WPA2
(TKIP) or WPA2 Mixed.
Wired equivalent privacy (WEP) encrypts data frames
before transmitting over the wireless network.
Wi-Fi protected access (WPA) is a subset of the
IEEE802.11i security specification draft.
WPA2 Mixed is the collection of WPA and WPA2
encryption modes. The wireless client establishes the
connection between the router through WPA or WPA2.
Key differences between WPA and WEP are user
authentication and improved data encryption.
Set WEP Key
It is available when you set the encryption mode to WEP.
Click it, the Wireless WEP Key Setup page appears.
WPA Authentication
Mode
Select
Personal
(Pre-Shared
Key),
enter
the
pre-shared key in the Pre-Shared Key field.
Select Enterprise (RADIUS), enter the port, IP address,
and password of the Radius server.
You need to enter the username and password provided by
the Radius server when the wireless client connects the
router.
If the encryption is set to WEP, the router uses 802.1x
authentication, which is Radius authentication.
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Click
Set WEP Key
, as shown in the screen above and the following screen appears.

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