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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Fragment
Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
Threshold(1):
Do not modify default value if you don’t know what
it is, default value is 2346.
RTS Threshold(2):
Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio.
Do not modify
default value if you don’t know what it is, default
value is 2347.
Beacon Interval(3):
Set the beacon interval of wireless radio.
Do not
modify default value if you don’t know what it is,
default value is 100.
DTIM Period(4):
Set the DTIM period of wireless radio.
Do not modify
default value if you don’t know what it is, default
value is 3.
Data Rate(5):
Set the wireless data transfer rate to a certain value.
Since most of wireless devices will negotiate with each
other and pick a proper data transfer rate automatically,
it’s not necessary to change this value unless you
know what will happen after modification.
N Data Rate(6):
Same as above, but only for 802.11n clients.
Channel Width(7):
Set channel width of wireless radio.
Do not modify
default value if you don’t know what it is, default
setting is ‘Auto 20/40 MHz’.
Preamble Type(8):
Set the type of preamble,
do not modify default value
if you don’t know what it is, default setting is ‘Short
Preamble’.
Broadcast ESSID(9): Decide if the wireless Smart Repeater will broadcast its
own ESSID or not. You can hide the ESSID of your
wireless Smart Repeater (set the option to ‘Disable’), so
only those people who know the ESSID of your wireless
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Smart Repeater can get connected.
CTS Protect(10):
Enabling this setting will reduce the chance of radio
signal collisions between 802.11b and 802.11g/n
wireless access points. It’s recommended to set this
option to ‘Auto’ or ‘Always’. However, if you set to
‘None’, your wireless Smart Repeater should be able to
work fine, too.
Tx Power(11):
You can set the output power of wireless radio. Unless
you’re using this wireless Smart Repeater in a really big
space, you may not have to set output power to 100%.
This will enhance security (malicious / unknown
users in distance will not be able to reach your
wireless Smart Repeater).
WMM(12):
Short for Wi-Fi MultiMedia, it will enhance the data
transfer performance of multimedia contents when
they’re being transferred over a wireless network.
If you
don’t know what it is / not sure if you need it, it’s
safe to set this option to ‘Enable’, however, default
value is ‘Disable’.
After you finish these wireless settings, please click ‘Apply’ button, button, and
the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Press ‘Go Back to save the settings made and go back to the web
management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the
Smart Repeater so the settings will take effect after it reboots.
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2-7-3 Wireless Security
It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly!
Consequences of wireless networks without security include intrusion from
hackers and malicious users that can steal valuable data without your consent.
It is highly recommended to setup security settings for your wireless network.
To set wireless security settings, Please click ‘Wireless’ menu at the top of web
management interface, then click ‘Security Settings’, then follow the following
instructions to set wireless security settings:
Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, there
are four options:
2-7-3-1 Disable wireless security
When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every wireless
device in proximity will be able to connect your wireless Smart Repeater if no
other security measure is enabled (like MAC address access control - see
section 2-7-4, or disable ESSID broadcast).
Only use this option when you really want to allow everyone to use your
wireless Smart Repeater, and you don’t care if there’s someone that
reads the data you transfer over the network without your consent.
2-7-3-2 WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
When you select this mode, the wireless Smart Repeater will use WEP
encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:
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Here are descriptions of every setup item:
Key Length (2):
There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and
128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will
reduce some data transfer performance.
Key Format (3):
There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex.
When you select a key format, the number of
characters of key will be displayed. For example, if you
select ’64-bit’ as key length, and ‘Hex’ as key format,
you’ll see the message at the right of ‘Key Format’ is
‘Hex (10 characters), which means the length of WEP
key is 10 characters.
Default Tx Key (4):
You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you can
decide which key is being used by default here.
If you
don’t know which one you should use, select ‘Key
1’.
Encryption Key
Input WEP key characters here, the number of
1 to 4 (5-8):
characters must be the same as the number displayed
1
2
3
5
7
6
9
4
8
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at ‘Key Format’ field. You can use any alphanumerical
characters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key
format, and if you select ‘Hex’ as key format, you can
use characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F. You must enter at least
one encryption key here, and if you entered multiple
WEP keys, they should not be same with each other.
Enable 802.1x
IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every
Authentication (9):
user must use a valid account to login to this wireless
Smart Repeater before accessing the wireless LAN.
The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server.
This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x, but
it does not encryption the data during communication. If
there is a RADIUS server in you environment, please
enable this function. Check this box and another
sub-menu will appear:
RADIUS Server
Please input the IP address of radius
IP address (11):
server here
RADIUS Server
Please input the port number of radius
Port (12):
server here.
RADIUS Server
Please input the port number of radius
Password (13):
password here.
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12
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TIPS: Some examples of WEP key (please DO NOT use!)
ASCII (5 characters): pilot
phone
23561
2Hyux
#@xmL
ASCII (13 characters): digitalFAMILY
82Jh26xHy3m&n
Hex (10 characters): 287d2aa732
1152dabc85
Hex (26 characters): 9284bcda8427c9e036f7abcd84
To improve security level, do not use those words which can be found in a
dictionary or too easy to remember! (‘pilot’ and ‘phone’ listed above are bad
examples; just intended to show you how a WEP key looks like). Wireless clients will
remember the WEP key, so you only have to input the WEP key on wireless client
once, and it is worth it to use a complicated WEP key to improve security level.

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