EDIMAX AR-7266WnA Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Parameter

Description

Encryption

You can choose “None” to disable the encryption or

select “WEP”, “WPA(TKIP)”, “WPA2(AES)” or “WPA2

Mixed” mode for security. When “WEP” is enabled,

please click “Set WEP Key” button to choose the default

key and set the four sets of WEP keys.

WEP

–WEP is less level of security than WPA. WEP

supports 64-bit and 128-bit key lengths to encrypt the

wireless data.

WPA(TKIP)

– WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

(TKIP) for data encryption. TKIP utilized a stronger

encryption method and incorporates Message Integrity

Code (MIC) to provide protection against hackers.

WPA2(AES)

– WPA2, also known as 802.11i, uses

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for data

encryption. AES utilized a symmetric 128-bit block data

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encryption.

WPA Mixed

– The router supports WPA (TKIP) and

WPA2 (AES) for data encryption. The actual selection of

the encryption methods will depend on the clients.

Use 802.1x

Authentication

IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user

must use a valid account to login to this wireless router

before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is

processed by a RADIUS server. Check this box to

authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x.

WEP-64Bits

WEP is less level of security than WPA. WEP supports

64-bit and 128-bit key lengths to encrypt the wireless

data. The longer key length will provide higher security.

When “WEP-64Bits” is selected, you have to enter

exactly 5 ASCII characters (“a-z” and “0-9”) or 10

hexadecimal digits ("0-9", "a-f") for each Key (1-4).

WEP-128Bits

When “WEP-128Bits” is selected, you have to enter

exactly 13 ASCII characters (“a-z” and “0-9”) or 26

hexadecimal digits ("0-9", "a-f") for each Key (1-4).

WPA Authentication

Mode

There are two types of authentication mode for WPA.

Enterprise (RADIUS)

– It uses an external RADIUS

server to perform user authentication. To use RADIUS,

enter the IP address of the RADIUS server, the RADIUS

port (default is 1812) and the shared secret from the

RADIUS server. Please refer to “Authentication RADIUS

Server” setting below for RADIUS setting.

Personal (Pre-Shared Key)

– Pre-Shared Key

authentication is based on a shared secret that is known

only by the parties involved. To use WPA Pre-Shared

Key, select key format and enter a password in the “Pre-

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Shared Key Format” and “Pre-Shared Key” setting

respectively.

Pre-Shared Key

Format

You may select to select Passphrase (alphanumeric

format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-

9” range) to be the Pre-shared Key. For example:

Passphrase: ”iamguest”

Hexadecimal Digits: “12345abcde”

Pre-Shared Key

Please enter 8-63 characters as the “Pre-Shared Key”.

Authentication

RADIUS Server

Enter the port (default is 1812), the IP address and the

password of external RADIUS server are specified here.

When you finish, click ‘Apply Changes’. You’ll see the following message

displayed on web browser:

Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management

interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so the

settings will take effect after it reboots.

5.2.4.4. Access Control

This wireless router provides MAC Address Control, which prevents the

unauthorized MAC Addresses from accessing your wireless network.

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Parameter

Description

Wireless Access

Control Mode

This router can prevent the wireless clients from

accessing the wireless network by checking the MAC

Address of the clients. If you enable this function, please

set the MAC Address of the wireless clients that you

want to filter.

Disable

– Disable this function.

Allow Listed

– Only allow the wireless clients with the

MAC Address you have specified can access to the

router.

Deny Listed

– The wireless clients with the MAC

Address you have specified will be denied accessing to

the router.

MAC Address

Enter the MAC Address of the wireless clients for the

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filtering control.

Current Access Control

List

If you want to remove some MAC address from the

"Current Access Control List ", select the MAC addresses

you want to remove in the list and then click "Delete

Selected". If you want remove all MAC addresses from

the table, just click "Delete All" button. Click "Reset" will

clear your current selections.

When you finish, click ‘Apply Changes’. You’ll see the following message

displayed on web browser:

Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management

interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router so the

settings will take effect after it reboots.

5.2.4.5. WPS

Although home Wi-Fi networks have become more and more popular, users still

have trouble with the initial set up of network. This obstacle forces users to use

the open security and increases the risk of eavesdropping. Therefore, The Wi-Fi

Protected Setup (WPS) is designed to ease set up of security-enabled Wi-Fi

networks and subsequently network management.

The largest difference between WPS-enabled devices and legacy devices is that

users do not need the knowledge about SSID, channel and security settings, but

they could still surf in a security-enabled Wi-Fi network.

This device supports Push Button method and PIN method for WPS. The

following sub-paragraphs will describe the function of each item. The webpage is

as below.

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