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Wireless Security Setup Wizard

To run the security wizard, click on Setup at the top and then click

Wireless.Network.Setup.Wizard

.

Type your desired wireless network name (SSID).

Automatically:.

Select this option to automatically generate

the router’s network key and click

Next

.

Manually:

Select this option to manually enter your network

key and click

Next

.

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If you selected

Automatically

, the summary window will display

your settings. Write down the security key and enter this on your

wireless clients. Click

Save

to save your settings.

If you selected

Manually

, the following screen will appear. Create

a passphrase for your security password. Click

Next

to continue.

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From the

Setup

>

Wireless.Settings

screen, click

Add.Wireless.

Device.with.WPS

.

Add Wireless Device with WPS Wizard

If you select

Manual

, a settings summary screen will appear. Write

down the security key and enter this on your wireless clients. Click

OK

to finish.

Select

Auto

to add a wireless client using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected

Setup) and then click

Next

. Skip to the next page.

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PIN:

Select this option to use PIN method. In order to use this

method you must know the wireless client’s 8 digit PIN and click

Connect

.

PBC:.

Select this option to use PBC (Push Button) method to add a

wireless client. Click

Connect

.

Once you click

.Connect

, you will have a 120 second time limit

to apply the settings to your wireless client(s) and successfully

establish a connection.

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WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)

It is recommended to enable encryption on your wireless router 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 router (192.168.0.1). Click on

.Setup.

and

then click

.Wireless.Settings

on the left side.

2. Next to

Security Mode

, select

WPA-Personal

.

3. Next to

WPA Mode

, select

Auto

,

WPA2.Only

, or

.WPA.Only

. Use

Auto

if you have wireless clients using both WPA and WPA2.

4. Next to

Cypher Type

, select

TKIP.and.AES

,

TKIP

, or

AES

.

5. Next to

Group Key Update Interval

, enter the amount of time before

the group key used for broadcast and multicast data is changed (3600

is default).

6. Next to

Pre-Shared Key

, enter a key (passphrase). The key is entered as

a pass-phrase in ASCII format at both ends of the wireless connection.

The pass-phrase must be between 8-63 characters.

7. Click

Save.Settings

to save your settings. If you are configuring the

router with a wireless adapter, you will lose connectivity until you

enable WPA-PSK on your adapter and enter the same passphrase as

you did on the router.