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Wireless Security Mode

To protect your privacy, use the wireless security mode to configure the wireless security features.

This device supports two wireless security modes including: WEP and WPA-Personal. WEP is the

original wireless encryption standard. WPA provides a higher level of security. WPA-Personal does

not require an authentication server.

WEP

A method of encrypting data for wireless communication intended to provide the same level of privacy

as a wired network. WEP is not as secure as WPA encryption. To gain access to a WEP network,

you must know the key. The key is a string of characters that you create. When using WEP, you

must determine the level of encryption. The type of encryption determines the key length. 128-bit

encryption requires a longer key than 64-bit encryption. Keys are defined by entering in a string in

HEX (hexadecimal - using characters 0-9, A-F) or ASCII (American Standard Code for Information

Interchange – alphanumeric characters) format. ASCII format is provided so you can enter a string

that is easier to remember. The ASCII string is converted to HEX for use over the network. Four

keys can be defined so that you can change keys easily. By default, key 1 is selected for use on the

network.

Example:

64-bit hexadecimal keys are exactly 10 characters in length.

(12345678FA is a valid string of 10 characters for 64-bit encryption)

128-bit hexadecimal keys are exactly 26 characters in length.

(456FBCDF123400122225271730 is a valid string of 26 characters for 128-bit encryption)

64-bit ASCII keys are exactly 5 characters in length

(DMODE is a valid string of 5 characters for 64-bit encryption)

128-bit ASCII keys are exactly 13 characters in length

(2002HALOSWIN1 is a valid string of 13 characters for 128-bit encryption)

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WEP

is selected here.

Wireless Security Mode:

After you have configured this page select

Save Settings

to save the

settings, or click

Don’t Save Settings

if you do not wish to save them.

Wireless Security:

Wireless Security > WEP

Select the WEP key length here.

WEP Key Length:

Select

ASCII

or

Hexadecimal

key type here. (

ASCII

or American Standard

Code for Information Interchange is a code for representing English letters

as numbers from 0-127.

Hexadecimal

digits consist of the numbers 0-9

and the letters A-F).

WEP Key Type:

When you select WEP encryption, you can enter up to four WEP keys in

the fields provided.

WEP Keys 1-4:

Of the four WEP keys entered, select the default WEP key here.

Default WEP Key:

Select

Open

or

Shared

depending on your existing wireless network

encryption settings.

Authentication:

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After you have configured this page select

Save Settings

to save the

settings, or click

Don’t Save Settings

if you do not wish to save them.

WPA-Personal

This option uses Wi-Fi Protected Access with a Pre-Shared Key (PSK).

Enter the secret passphrase here. WPA-PSK (Pre-shared key) provides

authentication through the use of this passphrase, that is shared by devices

on the network. This is the most secure encryption available without a

RADIUS server.

The key is entered as a pass-phrase of up to 63 characters in ASCII format

at both ends of the wireless connection. The pass-phrase cannot be shorter

than 8 characters. The pass-phrase is used to generate session keys that

are unique for each wireless client.

WPA-Personal

is selected here.

WPA:

When WPA is selected, select the cipher type here.

The Cipher type is the encryption algorithm used to secure the data

communication. TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) provides per packet

key generation and is based on WEP. AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)

is a very secure block based encryption.

Wireless Security Mode:

Wireless Security:

Pre-Shared Key:

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Password:

Verify Password:

Save the

configuration:

Restore the

configuration:

Tools > Admin

Tools

Admin

The Admin option is used to set a password for access to the Web-based management. By default

there is no password configured. It is highly recommended that you create a password to keep your

new wireless gaming adapter secure.

Password

Enter a password that will grant access to the Web-based management

interface.

Re-enter the password to confirm the desired password.

This option allows you to save the wireless gaming adapter configuration to

a file on your computer. Be sure to save the configuration before performing

a firmware upgrade.

Use this option to load previously saved wireless gaming adapter

configuration settings.

Save and Restore Configuration

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Firmware Upgrade:

Tools > System

Click Reboot the Device to apply the system settings and restart the

DGL-3420.

Click Restore all settings to the factory defaults to return the DGL-3420 to

its factory default settings.

Reboot the device:

Restore all settings to

the factory default:

Tools > System

Tools > Firmware

After you have downloaded the most recent version of the firmware from

www.support.dlink.com you can

browse

your hard drive to locate the

downloaded file and click

upload

to update the firmware.