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Wireless

The wireless section allows you to view the wireless clients that are connected to your wireless access point.

Connection Time:

MAC Address:

Displays the amount of time the wireless client has

been connected to the access point.

Displays the Ethernet ID (MAC address) of the

wireless client.

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Help

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Wireless Security

This section will show you the different levels of security you can use to protect your data from intruders. The

DHP-W306AV offers the following types of security:

• WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2)

• WPA2-PSK (Pre-Shared Key)

• WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)

• WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key)

• WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

What is WEP?

WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard and uses the RC4 encryption

algorithm. WEP provides security by encrypting data over your wireless network so that it is protected as it is transmitted

from one wireless device to another.

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.

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What is WPA?

WPA, or Wi-Fi Protected Access, is a Wi-Fi standard that was designed to improve the security features of WEP (Wired

Equivalent Privacy).

The 2 major improvements over WEP:

• Improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP scrambles the keys

using a hashing algorithm and, by adding an integrity-checking feature, ensures that the keys haven’t

been tampered with. WPA2 is based on 802.11i and uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) instead

of TKIP.

• User authentication, which is generally missing in WEP, through the extensible authentication protocol

(EAP). WEP regulates access to a wireless network based on a computer’s hardware-specific MAC

address, which is relatively simple to be sniffed out and stolen. EAP is built on a more secure public-key

encryption system to ensure that only authorized network users can access the network.

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK uses a passphrase or key to authenticate your wireless connection. The key is an alpha-numeric

password between 8 and 63 characters long. The password can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces. This key must

be the exact same key entered on your wireless bridge or access point.

WPA/WPA2 incorporates user authentication through the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). EAP is built on a

more secure public key encryption system to ensure that only authorized network users can access the network.

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Configure WEP

It is recommended to enable encryption on your wireless access point before your wireless network adapters. Please

establish wireless connectivity before enabling encryption. Your wireless signal may degrade when enabling encryption

due to the added overhead.

1. Log into the web-based configuration by opening a web

browser and entering the IP address of the access point

(192.168.0.50). Click on

Setup

and then click

Wireless

Settings

on the left side.

2. Next to Security Mode in the Wireless Security Mode

section, select

Enable WEP Wireless Security (Basic)

.

3. Next to

Authentication

, select

Open

or

Shared Key

.

4. Next to

WEP Encryption

, select

64-bit

or

128-bit

encryption.

5. Next to

Key Type

, select either

Hex

or

ASCII

.

Hex (recommended) - Letters A-F and numbers 0-9 are valid.

ASCII - All numbers and letters are valid.

6. Next to Key 1, enter a WEP key that you create. Make sure

you enter this key exactly on all your wireless devices. You

may enter up to 4 different keys.

7. Click

Save Settings

at the top of the window to save your settings. If you are configuring the access point with a

wireless adapter, you will lose connectivity until you enable WEP on your adapter and enter the same WEP key as

you did on the access point.