Hawking HWRN1A Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Please click ‘Continue’ to go back to previous setup menu; to continue on

router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take

effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).

2-7-2 Advanced Wireless Settings

This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if

you want to configure these settings, please click ‘Wireless’ tab at the top

of web management interface, then click ‘Advanced Settings’, and the

following message will be displayed on your web browser:

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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’.

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Broadcast ESSID(9): Decide if the wireless router will broadcast its own

ESSID or not. You can hide the ESSID of your

wireless router (set the option to ‘Disable’), so only

those people who know the ESSID of your wireless

router 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 router 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 router 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 router).

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:

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Please click ‘Continue’ to go back to previous setup menu; to continue on

router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take

effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).

2-7-3 Wireless Security

It’s very important to set wireless security settings properly!

If you don’t,

hackers and malicious users can reach your network and valuable data

without your consent and this will cause serious security problems.

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 router

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 router, 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 router 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 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,

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