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2-7-3-1 Disable wireless security

When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every wireless device in

proximity will be able to connect to your wireless router if no other security measure

is enabled (like MAC address access control - see

section 2-7-4

, or disable ESSID

broadcast).

Only use this option when you really want to allow everyone to use your wireless

router, and you don’t care if there’s someone reading the data you transfer over

network without your consent.

2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WEP encryption, and the

following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:

Here is the description of every setup item:

Parameter

Description

Key Length

There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit.

Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than’ 64-bit’, but will reduce some data

transfer performance.

Key Format

There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When you

select a key format, the number of characters of key will be

displayed. For example, if you select ’64-bit’ as key length, and

‘Hex’ as key format, you’ll see the message at the right of ‘Key

Format’ is ‘Hex (10 characters), which means the length of WEP

key is 10 characters.

Default Tx Key

When ‘WEP’ Encryption is enabled then ‘Key 1’ will appear in

this field.

Encryption Key 1

Input WEP key characters here, the number of characters must be

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the same as the number displayed at ‘Key Format’ field. You can

use any alphanumerical characters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select

‘ASCII’ key format, and if you select ‘Hex’ as key format, you

can use characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F. You must enter at least one

encryption key here, and if you have entered multiple WEP keys,

they should not be the same.

Enable 802.1x

Authentication

IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a

valid account to login to this wireless router before accessing the

wireless LAN. The authentication is processed by a RADIUS

server. This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x, but it

does not encrypt the data during communication. If there are

RADIUS servers in you’re environment, please enable this

function. Check this box and another sub-menu will appear:

RADIUS Server

IP address

Please input the IP address of radius server here

RADIUS Server

Port

Please input the port number of radius server here.

RADIUS Server

Password

Please input the Password of the radius server here

TIPS: Some examples of WEP key

ASCII (5 characters): pilot, phone, 23561, 2Hyux, #@xmL

ASCII (13 characters): digitalFAMILY, 82Jh26xHy3m&n

Hex (10 characters): 287d2aa732, 1152dabc85

Hex (26 characters): 9284bcda8427c9e036f7abcd84

To improve security level, do not use those words which can be

found in a dictionary or too easy to remember. (‘pilot’ and ‘phone’

listed above are bad examples; just intended to show you how a WEP

key looks like). Wireless clients will remember the WEP key, so you

only have to input the WEP key on wireless client once, and it’s

worth using complicated WEP key to improve security level.

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After you finish WEP setting, please click ‘Apply’ button and the following message

will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to go back to previous setup menu; to continue on other

setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect

(Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).

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2-7-3-3 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WPA encryption, and the

following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:

Here is the description of every setup item:

Parameter

Description

WPA Unicast Cipher Suite

Please select a type of WPA cipher suite.

Available options are: WPA (TKIP),

WPA2 (AES), and WPA2 Mixed. You

can select one of them, but you have to

make sure your wireless client supports

the cipher you selected.

Pre-shared Key Format

Select the type of pre-shared key, you

can

select

Passphrase

(8

or

more

alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or

Hex (64 characters of 0-9, and a-f).

Pre-shared Key

Please input the WPA Pre-shared key

here.

It’s not recommended to use a word that

can be found in a dictionary due to

security reason.

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After you finish WPA Pre-shared key setting, please click ‘Apply’ button and the

following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to go back to previous setup menu; to continue on other

setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect

(Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).

NOTE: Some wireless clients (especially those manufactured before

year 2003) only support WEP or WPA (TKIP) cipher. A driver upgrade

would be needed for those clients to use WPA and WPA2 encryption.