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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 26:
The Wireless: WPS & Security Screen
WPS Settings
WPS Method
Use these buttons to run Wifi Protected Setup (WPS):
Click the
PBC
button and then
Push Button
to begin
the Push-Button Configuration process. You must
then press the PBC button on your client wireless
devices within two minutes in order to register them
on your wireless network.
Click the
PIN
button to begin the PIN configuration
process. In the screen that displays, enter the WPS
PIN that you want to use for the CGN3, or the WPS
PIN of the client device you want to add to the
network.
WPS Status
This displays whether or not the CGN3 is using Wifi
Protected Setup.
WPS Configure
Status
This displays the Wifi Protected Setup configuration for
the 2.4GHz wireless network.
WPS Configure
Status (5G)
This displays the Wifi Protected Setup configuration for
the 2.4GHz wireless network.
WPS AP PIN
This displays the Wifi Protected Setup Access Point
password. When you use the WPS PIN method, this is
the password you should enter in the other devices on
the network.
Security Settings
(SSID)
Your CGN3 has multiple SSIDs. Click the SSID you
wish to configure to see its security fields.
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Security Mode
Select the type of security that you want to use.
Select
Open
to use no security. Anyone in the
coverage area can enter your network.
Select
WEP
to use the Wired Equivalent Privacy
security protocol.
Select
WPA
to use the WiFi Protected Access
(Personal) security protocol.
Select
WPA2
to use the WiFi Protected Access 2
(Personal) security protocol.
Select
WPA/WPA2
to use both the WPA and the
WPA2 security protocols; clients that support WPA2
connect using this protocol, whereas those that
support only WPA connect using this protocol.
NOTE:
Due to inherent security vulnerabilities, it is
suggested that you use
WEP
only if it is the only
security protocol your wireless clients support.
Under almost all circumstances, you should use
one of the
WPA
options.
Encrypt Mode
Select the type of encryption you want to use. The
options that display depend on the
Security Mode
you
selected.
WEP
:
Select
WEP64
to use a ten-digit security key.
Select
WEP128
to use a twenty-six-digit security
key.
WPA
,
WPA2
and
WPA/WPA2
:
Select
TKIP
to use the Temporal Key Integrity
Protocol.
Select
AES
to use the Advanced Encryption
Standard.
Select
TKIP/AES
to allow clients using either
encryption type to connect to the CGN3.
Table 26:
The Wireless: WPS & Security Screen (continued)
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5.4
Access Control Screen
Use this screen to configure Media Access Control (MAC) address filtering on the
wireless network.
NOTE:
To configure MAC address filtering on the wired LAN, see
The Device Filter
Screen
on page
97
.
You can set the CGN3 to allow only certain devices to access the CGN3 and the
network wirelessly, or to deny certain devices access.
Click
Wireless
>
Access Control
. The following screen displays.
Figure 29:
The Wireless: Wireless Access Control Screen
Pass Phrase
Enter the security key or password that you want to use
for your wireless network. You will need to enter this key
into your wireless clients in order to allow them to
connect to the network.
Save Changes
Click this to save your changes to the fields in this
screen.
Cancel
Click this to return the fields in this screen to their last-
saved values without saving your changes.
Help
Click this to see information about the fields in this
screen.
Table 26:
The Wireless: WPS & Security Screen (continued)
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
5.4.1
Adding or Editing a Wireless Device Filter Rule
To add or edit an wireless device filter, locate the device in the
Wireless
>
Access
Control
screen and click its
Manage
button.
The following screen displays.
Table 27:
The Wireless: Access Control Screen
Connected Devices
Host Name
This displays the name of each network device that has
connected to the CGN3 on the wireless network.
IP Address
This displays the IP address of each network device that
has connected to the CGN3 on the wireless network.
MAC Address
This displays the MAC address of each network device
that has connected to the CGN3 on the wireless
network.
Type
This displays whether the device’s IP address was
assigned by DHCP (
DHCP-IP
), or
self-assigned
.
Interface
This displays the name of the interface on which the
relevant device is connected.
Action
Click
Manage
to make changes to the device’s filtering
status; see
Adding or Editing a Wireless Device Filter
Rule
on page
79
for information on the screen that
displays.
Managed Devices
Block Rules
Use these buttons to control the action to be taken for
the devices listed:
Select
Allow All
to ignore the
Devices
list and let
all devices connect wirelessly to the CGN3.
Select
Allow
to permit only devices you added to
the
Devices
list to access the CGN3 and the
network wirelessly. All other devices are denied
access.
Select
Deny
to permit all devices except those you
added to the
Devices
list to access the CGN3 and
the network wirelessly. The specified devices are
denied access.
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Figure 30:
The Wireless: Access Control Add/Edit Screen
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 28:
The Wireless: Access Control Add/Edit Screen
Host Name
This field displays the name of the wireless device.
MAC Address
This field displays the device’s MAC (Media Access
Control) address.
Device Managed
Use this field to define whether the device should have
its access privileges filtered or not.
Click
Yes
to filter the device’s access privileges.
Click
No
not to filter the device’s access privileges.
Apply
Click this to save your changes to the fields in this
screen.
Close
Click this to return to the
Wireless Access Control
screen without saving your changes to the rule.

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