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After successfully connecting the router and the wireless client, by means of WPS,

the following page will be available.

Click the

Cancel

button to finish the setup and return to the main menu.

Click the

Wireless Status

button to view information about wireless clients connected

to the router.

After selecting the

Manual

option, in Step 1, the following page will be available.

This information can then be configured of the wireless clients manually to initiate a

wireless connection.

Click the

Prev

button to return to the previous step.

Click the

Cancel

button to finish the setup and return to the main menu.

Click the

Wireless Status

button to view information about wireless clients connected

to the router.

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Manual Wireless Network Setup

Click the

Manual Wireless Network Setup

button to access the manual wireless

network configuration page.

After clicking the

Manual Wireless Connection Setup

button, the following page will

be available.

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In this section we can configure the following parameters.

Enable Wireless:

Tick this option to enable the wireless feature for the 2.4GHz

band on this router. Use the drop-down menu to apply a time schedule to this

wireless network.

Wireless Network Name:

Enter the wireless network name (SSID) here. This

name will be available when wireless clients scan for available wireless

networks. However, when the

Visibility Status

option is set to

Invisible

, this

name will not be visible to wireless clients.

802.11 Mode:

Here we can select which 802.11 wireless modes to use. Options to

choose from are

802.11b only

,

802.11g only

,

802.11n only

,

Mixed 802.11g

and 802.11b

,

Mixed 802.11n and 802.11g

, and

Mixed 802.11n, 802.11g and

802.11b

. If you are not sure, select the

Mixed 802.11n, 802.11g and 802.11b

option.

Enable Auto Channel Scan:

Tick this option to allow the router to find and use the

wireless channel with the least interference in your environment.

Wireless Channel:

Here we can manually select a wireless channel.

Transmission Rate:

Here we can select the wireless transmission rate. It is advisable to keep this option on

Best

.

Channel Width:

Here we can select the wireless channel width used. Options to choose from are

20MHz

and

20/40MHz (Auto)

.

Visibility Status:

Here we can choose to hide the Wireless SSID by selecting

Invisible

to hide it and

Visible

to reveal it.

Wireless Security Mode - None

This router supports four wireless security mode options available in the

Security

Mode

drop-down menu for the 2.4GHz band.

The first security mode is called

None

. By selecting this mode, there will be no

wireless security applied to your wireless network. This means that anyone with a

wireless adapter can connect to your network.

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Wireless Security Mode - WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

is any entry level wireless security method that we

can use to prevent unauthorized wireless access to this router. WEP is not a very

secure option, but it is better than no wireless security.

After selecting to use

WEP

as your wireless security mode, the following parameters

will be available to configure:

WEP Key Length:

Select the WEP Key Length value used here. Options to choose

from are

128 bit (26 hex digits)

and

64 bit (10 hex digits)

.

Authentication:

Select the WEP authentication option here. Options to choose

from are

Both

and

Shared Key

.

WEP Key 1:

Enter a wireless security key here. This key must be configured on all

the wireless clients for them to be able to connect to your wireless network.

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Wireless Security Mode – WPA-Personal

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

is a more advanced wireless security method that

we can use to prevent unautherized wireless access to this router.

Wi-Fi Protected

Access (WPA2)

is the most advanced wireless security method that we can use to

prevent unautherized wireless access to this router.

WPA Personal

does not require an authentication server.

After selecting to use

WPA-Personal

as your wireless security mode, the following

parameters will be available to configure:

WPA Mode:

Here we can select which WPA mode to use. Options to choose from

are

Auto (WPA or WPA2)

,

WPA2 Only

, and

WPA Only

.

Cipher Type:

Select the wireless cipher type here. Options to choose from are

TKIP and AES

,

TKIP

, and

AES

.

Group Key Update Interval:

Enter the group key update interval value here.

Pre-Shared Key:

Enter the WPA-Personal wireless Pre-Shared Key here. This key

must be configured on all the wireless clients for them to be able to connect to

your wireless network.