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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.

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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-Enterprise

.

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

Authentication Timeout

, enter the amount of time before a

client is required to re-authenticate (60 minutes is default).

7. Next to

RADIUS Server IP Address

enter the IP Address of your RADIUS

server.

Configure WPA/WPA2-Enterprise (RADIUS)

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8.

Next to

RADIUS Server Port

, enter the port you are using with

your RADIUS server. 1812 is the default port.

9.

Next to

RADIUS Server Shared Secret

, enter the security key.

10. If the

MAC Address Authentication

box is selected then the user

will need to connect from the same computer whenever logging

into the wireless network.

11. Click

Advanced

to enter settings for a secondary RADIUS Server.

12. Click

Apply.Settings

to save your settings.

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Section 3 - Configuration

This section will allow you to change the local network settings of the router and to configure the DHCP settings.

Network Settings

Enter the IP address of the router. The default IP address

is 192.168.0.1.

If you change the IP address, once you click

Save.Settings

,

you will need to enter the new IP address in your browser

to get back into the configuration utility.

Enter the Subnet Mask. The default subnet mask is

255.255.255.0.

Enter a name for the router.

Enter the Domain name (Optional).

Uncheck the box to transfer the DNS server information

from your ISP to your computers. If checked, your

computers will use the router for a DNS server.

Router IP Address:

Subnet Mask:

Device Name:

Local Domain:

Enable DNS Relay:

Router Settings

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DHCP Server Settings

DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Control Protocol. The DIR-826L has a built-in DHCP server. The DHCP Server will automatically

assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private network. Be sure to set your computers to be DHCP clients by setting

their TCP/IP settings to “Obtain an IP Address Automatically.” When you turn your computers on, they will automatically load

the proper TCP/IP settings provided by the DIR-826L. The DHCP Server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from

the IP address pool to the requesting computer. You must specify the starting and ending address of the IP address pool.

Check this box to enable the DHCP server on your router.

Uncheck to disable this function.

Enter the starting and ending IP addresses for the DHCP server’s

IP assignment.

Note:

If you statically (manually) assign IP addresses to your

computers or devices, make sure the IP addresses are outside of

this range or you may have an IP conflict.

The length of time for the IP address lease. Enter the Lease time

in minutes.

Enable this feature to broadcast your networks DHCP server to

LAN/WLAN clients.

NetBIOS allows LAN hosts to discover all other computers within

the network, enable this feature to allow the DHCP Server to

offer NetBIOS configuration settings.

Enable this feature to allow WINS information to be learned from the WAN side, disable to allow manual configuration.

This feature allows the configuration of a NetBIOS ‘domain’ name under which network hosts operates. This setting has no effect if

the ‘Learn NetBIOS information from WAN’ is activated.

Enable DHCP

Server:

DHCP IP Address

Range:

DHCP Lease Time:

Always

Broadcast:

NetBIOS

Announcement:

Learn NetBIOS

from WAN:

NetBIOS Scope: