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If you selected

Auto

you will have two choices:

•

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

.

Go to

Status > Wireless

to review the details for the wireless clients

that are connected to your wireless router.

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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Check the box to

Enable

the wireless function for the 2.4GHz wireless band.

Select the time frame that you would like your wireless network enabled. The schedule

may be set to

Always

. Schedules 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

- If all of your wireless clients are 802.11b.

802.11g Only

- If all of your wireless clients are 802.11g.

802.11n Only

- If all of your wireless clients are 802.11n.

Mixed 802.11g and 802.11b

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

Mixed 802.11n and 802.11g

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

Mixed 802.11n, 802.11g, and 802.11b

- If you are using a mix of 802.11n, 802.11g,

and 802.11b wireless clients.

Check the box to

Enable Auto Channel Scan

. This will allow the DIR-866L to choose

the channel with the least amount of interference.

Indicates the channel setting for the DIR-866L. The Channel can be changed to fit the

channel setting for an existing wireless network or to customize the wireless network.

When you check

Enable Auto Channel Scan

, this option will be greyed out.

Select one of the following:

Auto 20/40MHz

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

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 broadcasted by the DIR-866L. If

Invisible

is selected, the SSID of the DIR-866L will not

be seen by Site Survey utilities so your wireless clients will have to know the SSID of your DIR-866L in order to connect to it.

Refer to

“Wireless Security” on page 44

for more information regarding wireless security.

Enable Wireless:

New Schedule:

Wireless Network

Name:

802.11 Mode:

Enable Auto Channel

Scan:

Wireless Channel:

Manual Wireless Settings

Channel Width:

Visibility Status:

Security Mode:

From

Setup > Wireless Settings

, click

Manual

Wireless Network Setup

if you want to manually configure the wireless settings on your router.

Make your selections for both the 2.4GHz (802.11n/g) and the 5GHz (802.11 ac/n/a) wireless bands.

2.4GHz (802.11 n/g)

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5GHz (802.11ac/n/a)

Check the box to

Enable

the wireless function for the 5GHz wireless band.

Select the time frame that you would like your wireless network enabled. The schedule may

be set to

Always

. Schedules 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:

802.11n Only

- If all of your wireless clients are 802.11n.

802.11ac Only

- If all of your wireless clients are 802.11ac.

Mixed 802.11n and 802.11a

- If you are using both 802.11n and 802.11a wireless clients.

Mixed 802.11ac and 802.11n

- If you are using both 802.11ac and 802.11n wireless clients.

Mixed 802.11ac, 802.11n and 802.11a

- If you are using a mix of 802.11ac, 802.11n, and

802.11a wireless clients.

Check the box to

Enable Auto Channel Scan

. This will allow the DIR-866L to choose the channel

with the least amount of interference.

Indicates the channel setting for the DIR-866L. The Channel can be changed to fit the channel

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

Enable Auto Channel Scan

, this option will be greyed out.

Select one of the following:

20MHz

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

Auto 20/40MHz

- This is the default setting. Select if you are

using both 802.11n and non-802.11n wireless devices.

Auto 20/40/80MHz

- Select if you are using 802.11ac, 802.11n and non-802.11n wireless devices.

This option is only available when the 802.11 Mode is set to Mixed 802.11ac.

Select

Invisible

if you do not want the SSID of your wireless network broadcasted by the DIR-866L. If

Invisible

is selected, the SSID of the DIR-866L will not

be seen by Site Survey utilities so your wireless clients will have to know the SSID of your DIR-866L in order to connect to it.

Refer to

“Wireless Security” on page 44

for more information regarding wireless security.

Enable Wireless:

New Schedule:

Wireless Network

Name:

802.11 Mode:

Enable Auto Channel

Scan:

Wireless Channel:

Channel Width:

Visibility Status:

Security Mode:

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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 DIR-866L 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.

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We suggest that you enable wireless security on your wireless router before your wireless network adapters. Establish wireless

connectivity before enabling encryption.

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 (WPA or WPA2)

,

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

passphrase in ASCII format at both ends of the wireless connection. The

passphrase 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.

Configure WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)