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The wireless client table displays a list of currently connected wireless clients. This table also displays the connection time and

MAC address of the connected wireless clients.

Wireless

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Support

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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 D-Link GO-RT-N150

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, or 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 identical to the key

entered on your wireless router or access point.

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Configure WPA-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 and then

click

Manual Wireless Network Setup

.

2. Next to

Security Mode

, select

WPA/WPA2

.

3. Next to

Cypher Type

, select

AUTO(TKIP/AES)

TKIP

, or

AES

. If you

have wireless clients that use both types, use

AUTO(TKIP/AES)

.

4. 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.

5. 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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Connect to a Wireless Network

Using Windows

®

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It is recommended to enable wireless security (WPA/WPA2) on your wireless router or access point before configuring your

wireless adapter. If you are joining an existing network, you will need to know the security key or passphrase being used.

1. Click on the wireless icon in your system tray (lower-right corner).

2. The utility will display any available wireless networks in your area.

Wireless Icon