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Client’s MAC Address
Manually enter the MAC address of wireless client.
Apply SSID
After entering the client’s MAC address, check the box of the
SSIDs desired to insert this MAC address into their access
control list.
Attribute
s: Isolate the station from LAN -
select to isolate the wireless
connection of the wireless client of the MAC address from
LAN.
Add
Add a new MAC address into the list.
Delete
Delete the selected MAC address in the list.
Edit
Edit the selected MAC address in the list.
Cancel
Give up the access control set up.
OK
Click it to save the access control list.
Clear All
Clean all entries in the MAC address list.
4.13.5 WPS
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)
provides easy procedure to make network connection
between wireless station and wireless access point (vigor router) with the encryption of
WPA and WPA2.
Note:
Such function is available for the wireless station with WPS supported.
It is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and vigor router.
Users do not need to select any encryption mode and type any long encryption passphrase to
setup a wireless client every time. He/she only needs to press a button on wireless client, and
WPS will connect for client and router automatically.
There are two methods to do network connection through WPS between AP and Stations:
pressing the
Start PBC
button or using
PIN Code
.
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z
On the side of Vigor 2830 series which served as an AP, press
WPS
button once on the
front panel of the router or click
Start PBC
on web configuration interface. On the side
of a station with network card installed, press
Start PBC
button of network card.
z
If you want to use PIN code, you have to know the PIN code specified in wireless client.
Then provide the PIN code of the wireless client you wish to connect to the vigor router.
For WPS is supported in WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK mode, if you do not choose such mode in
Wireless LAN>>Security
, you will see the following message box.
Please click
OK
and go back
Wireless LAN>>Security
to choose WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK
mode and access WPS again.
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Below shows
Wireless LAN>>WPS
web page.
Enable WPS
Check this box to enable WPS setting.
WPS Status
Display related system information for WPS. If the wireless
security (encryption) function of the router is properly
configured, you can see ‘Configured’ message here.
SSID
Display the SSID1 of the router. WPS is supported by SSID1
only.
Authentication Mode
Display current authentication mode of the router. Only
WPA2/PSK and WPA/PSK support WPS.
Configure via Push
Button
Click
Start PBC
to invoke Push-Button style WPS setup
procedure. The router will wait for WPS requests from wireless
clients about two minutes. The WPS LED on the router will
blink fast when WPS is in progress. It will return to normal
condition after two minutes. (You need to setup WPS within
two minutes)
Configure via Client
PinCode
Please input the PIN code specified in wireless client you wish
to connect, and click
Start PIN
button. The WPS LED on the
router will blink fast when WPS is in progress. It will return to
normal condition after two minutes. (You need to setup WPS
within two minutes)
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4.13.6 WDS
WDS means Wireless Distribution System. It is a protocol for connecting two access points
(AP) wirelessly. Usually, it can be used for the following application:
y
Provide bridge traffic between two LANs through the air.
y
Extend the coverage range of a WLAN.
To meet the above requirement, two WDS modes are implemented in Vigor router. One is
Bridge
, the other is
Repeater
. Below shows the function of WDS-bridge interface:
The application for the WDS-Repeater mode is depicted as below:
The major difference between these two modes is that: while in
Repeater
mode, the packets
received from one peer AP can be repeated to another peer AP through WDS links. Yet in
Bridge
mode, packets received from a WDS link will only be forwarded to local wired or
wireless hosts. In other words, only Repeater mode can do WDS-to-WDS packet forwarding.
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In the following examples, hosts connected to Bridge 1 or 3 can communicate with hosts
connected to Bridge 2 through WDS links. However, hosts connected to Bridge 1 CANNOT
communicate with hosts connected to Bridge 3 through Bridge 2.
Click
WDS
from
Wireless LAN
menu. The following page will be shown.
Mode
Choose the mode for WDS setting.
Disable
mode will not
invoke any WDS setting.
Bridge
mode is designed to fulfill the
first type of application.
Repeater
mode is for the second one.

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