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Internet Setup

DS-Lite

Another Internet Connection type is DS-Lite.

DS-Lite

Configuration:

Select the DS-Lite DHCPv6 option to let the router allocate the

AFTR IPv6 address automatically. Select the Manual Configuration

to enter the AFTR IPv6 address in manually.

AFTR IPv6

Address:

After selecting the Manual Configuration option above, enter the

AFTR IPv6 address used here.

B4 IPv4 Address:

Enter the B4 IPv4 address value used here.

WAN IPv6

Address:

Once connected, the WAN IPv6 address will be displayed here.

IPv6 WAN

Default Gateway

Once connected, the IPv6 WAN Default Gateway address will be

displayed here.

DS-Lite is an IPv6 connection type. After selecting DS-Lite, the following parameters will be available for configuration:

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Wireless Settings

If you want to configure the wireless settings on your router using

the wizard, click

Wireless.Security.Setup.Wizard.

and refer to

page 42.

Click

Add.Wireless.Device.with.WPS

if you want to add a wireless

device using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) and refer to page 44.

If you want to manually configure the wireless settings on your

router click

Manual

Wireless.Network.Setup.

and refer to the

next page.

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Check the box to enable the wireless function. If you do

not want to use wireless, uncheck the box to disable all the

wireless functions.

Select the time frame that you would like your wireless

network enabled. The schedule may be set to

Always

. Any

schedule you create will be available in the drop-down menu.

Click

New.Schedule

to create a schedule.

Service Set Identifier (SSID) is the name of your wireless

network. Create a name for your wireless network using up to 32 characters. The SSID is case-sensitive.

Select one of the following:

802±11b.Only

- Select only if all of your wireless clients are 802.11b.

802±11g.Only

- Select only if all of your wireless clients are 802.11g.

802±11n.Only

- Select only if all of your wireless clients are 802.11n.

Mixed.802±11g.and.802±11b

- Select if you are using both 802.11g and 802.11b wireless clients.

Mixed.802±11n.and.802±11g

- Select if you are using both 802.11n and 802.11g wireless clients.

Mixed.802±11n,.11g,.and.11b

- Select if you are using a mix of 802.11n, 802.11g, and 802.11b wireless clients.

The

Auto.Channel.Scan

setting can be selected to allow the DIR-636L to choose the channel with the least amount of interference.

Indicates the channel setting for the DIR-636L. By default the channel is set to 6. The Channel can be changed to fit the channel

setting for an existing wireless network or to customize the wireless network. If you enable

Auto.Channel.Scan

, this option will

be greyed out.

Enable Wireless:

Schedule:

Wireless Network

Name:

802.11 Mode:

Enable Auto

Channel Scan:

Wireless Channel:

Manual Wireless Settings

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Select the Channel Width:

Auto.20/40

- This is the default setting. Select if you are using both 802.11n and non-802.11n wireless devices.

20MHz

- Select if you are not using any 802.11n wireless clients.

Select

Invisible

if you do not want the SSID of your wireless network to be broadcasted by the DIR-636L. If Invisible is selected, the

SSID of the DIR-636L will not be seen by Site Survey utilities so your wireless clients will have to know the SSID of your DIR-636L in

order to connect to it.

Refer to the next page for more information regarding wireless security.

Channel Width:

Visibility Status:

Wireless Security:

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Section 4 - Security

Wireless Security

This section will show you the different levels of security you can use to protect your data from intruders. The DIR-636L 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)

What is WPA?

WPA (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 router 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.