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Wireless Security Mode

You can choose from several different wireless security modes. After selecting a mode, the settings for that mode will appear. After modifying any

settings, click

Save Settings

to save your changes.

You can choose from 4 different security modes.

• None:

No security will be used. This setting is not

recommended.

• WEP:

WEP encryption will be used. This setting is

only recommended if your wireless devices do not

support WPA or WPA2.

• WPA-Personal:

WPA-PSK encryption will be used.

This setting is recommended for most users.

• WPA-Enterprise:

WPA-EAP encryption will be

used. This setting is only recommended if you

have a RADIUS authentication server. Otherwise,

WPA-Personal

should be used.

Security Mode:

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Select whether to use

WPA2 only

or

WPA only

.

WPA2 only

is

the most secure, provided that all of your clients can support

it.

Select whether to use the

TKIP

or

AES

cipher. The

AES

cipher is

the most secure, provided that all of your clients can support

it.

Enter the key/password you want to use for your wireless

network. The key must be between 8 and 63 characters long,

and may only contain letters and numbers.

WPA Mode:

Cipher Type:

Network Key:

If you choose

WPA-Personal

, the following options will appear:

Select whether to use

Open

or

Shared

authentication.

Select whether to use

64-bit

or

128-bit

encryption.

Select which WEP key (1-4) to use as the default key. This will

also change the WEP Key text box to that WEP key for your to

configure(1-4).

Set the WEP key/password for your wireless network. Based

on whether you are using 64 or 128-bit encryption, and

whether you are using a HEX or ASCII key, you will need to

enter different numbers of characters for your key, as indicated

below the WEP Key text box. ASCII keys may use letters and

numbers only, and HEX keys may use numbers 0-9 and letters

A-F only.

Authentication:

WEP Encryption:

Default WEP Key:

WEP Key:

If you choose

WEP

, the following options will appear:

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Select whether to use

WPA2 only

or

WPA only

.

WPA2 only

is

the most secure, provided that all of your clients can support

this security method.

Select whether to use the

TKIP

or

AES

cipher. The

AES

cipher is

the most secure, provided that all of your clients can support

it.

Enter the IP address of your RADIUS server.

Enter the port used for your RADIUS server.

Enter the shared secret/password for your RADIUS server.

WPA Mode:

Cipher Type:

RADIUS Server IP

Address:

RADIUS Server Port:

RADIUS Server Shared

Secret:

If you choose

WPA-Enterprise

, the following options will appear:

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Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)

To open the Wi-Fi Protected Setup page, click

Wi-Fi Protected Setup

.

The Wi-Fi Protected Setup page allows you to create a wireless connection between your router

and a device automatically by simply pushing a button or entering a PIN code.

You can also use Windows 7 to do initial configuration of your router by using the

Connect to

a network

wizard in Windows, and entering the WPS PIN/AP PIN of the router when prompted.

After modifying any settings, click

Save Settings

to save your changes.

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Select whether you would like to

Enable

or

Disable

WPS

features.

If you use Windows 7’s

Connect to a network

wizard to do

initial configuration of the router, you will need to enter the

WPS PIN/AP PIN into the wizard when prompted. The factory

default WPS PIN/AP PIN is printed on a label located on the

bottom of the router. You can click the

Generate New PIN

button to change it to a randomly generated PIN.

Select whether the WPS config mode should be set to

Registrar

or

Enrollee

. In most cases, this should be set to

Registrar

so that you can use WPS to connect new wireless

clients.

If this is set to

CONFIGURED

, the router will be marked

as “already configured” to computers that try to use WPS

configuration, such as Windows 7’s

Connect to a network

wizard. You can click the

Release

button to change the status

to

UNCONFIGURED

to allow for WPS configuration of the

router.

If this is set to

UNCONFIGURED

, you can click the

Set

button to change the status to

CONFIGURED

to block WPS

configuration of the router.

Enable this option to prevent clients from connecting to the

router using the PIN method. If this option is enabled, clients

must use the push-button method to connect.

This lets you choose whether to use the

Push Button

connection method (PBC) or

PIN

method to connect to a

wireless client when the

Trigger

button is clicked. If you

choose the

PIN

method, you will need to enter an 8-digit PIN

number that the wireless client needs to use to connect to

your router.

WPS:

AP PIN (also known as

WPS PIN):

Config Mode:

Config Status:

Disable WPS Pin Method:

Config Method: