Hitron CGN3552 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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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

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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