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7.1.1

No Security

Select the Security Mode to

Open

and

No Security

to allow wireless stations to communicate with

the access points without any data encryption or authentication.



If you do not enable any wireless security on your Router, your network is accessible to any

wireless networking device that is within range.

Figure 7

Wireless 2.4GHz > General: No Security

Operating

Channel

This is the channel currently being used by your AP.

Security Mode

Select

WEP (Basic)

or

WPA(2)/WPA(2)-PSK (More Secure)

to add security on this

wireless network. The wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have

same wireless security settings as the Router. When you select to use a security,

additional options appears in this screen.

If you select

Open (No Security)

, the Router allows any client to associate with this

network without any data encryption or authentication.

Table 5

Network Setting > Wireless 2.4GHz > General (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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7.1.2

Basic (WEP Encryption)

If you want to use WEP encryption for the wireless LAN, select

WEP

in the

Security

Mode

field.

Figure 8

Wireless 2.4 > General: Basic (WEP)

Table 6

Wireless 2.4 > General: Basic (WEP)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Security Level

Select

WEP

to enable WEP data encryption.

Generate

password

automatically

Select this option to have the Router automatically generate a password.

Password

The password (WEP key) is used to encrypt data. Both the Router and the wireless

stations must use the same password (WEP key) for data transmission.

WEP

Encryption

Select

64Bits

or

128Bits

.

This is the length of the security key that the network is going to use.

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7.1.3

More Secure (WPA(2))

Select

WPA

or

WPA2

from the

Security Mode

field.

Figure 9

Wireless 2.4GHz > General: More Secure: WPA(2)

Table 7

Wireless 2.4GHz > General: More Secure: WPA(2)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Security Mode

Select

WPA

or

WPA2

as the security mode.

IP Address

Enter the IP address of the external authentication server.

Port Number

Enter the port number of the external authentication server.

You need not change this value unless your network administrator instructs you to

do so with additional information.

Shared Secret

Enter a password as the key to be shared between the external authentication

server and the Router.

The key must be the same on the external authentication server and your Router.

The key is not sent over the network.

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ReAuthentication

Timer

Specify how often wireless stations have to resend user names and passwords in

order to stay connected.

The default value is 0, which means the reauthentication off.

Nota: If wireless station authentication is done using a RADIUS server, the

reauthentication timer on the RADIUS server has priority.

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7.1.4

More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK)

The WPA2-PSK security mode is a newer, more robust version of the WPA encryption standard. It

offers better security.

Select

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

from the

Security Mode

field.

Figure 10

Wireless 2.4GHz > General: More Secure: WPA(2)-PSK

WPA Compatible

This field is only available for

WPA2

. Select this if you want the Router to support

WPA and WPA2 simultaneously.

Group Key Update

Timer

This is the rate at which the RADIUS

server sends a new group key out to all clients.

If the value is set to “0”, the update timer function is disabled.

Encryption

Select

TKIP

to enable Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) security on your wireless

network. Select

AES

to enable Advanced Encryption System (AES) security on your

wireless network. AES provides superior security to TKIP.

Select

TKIPAESMIX

to have

both types of security.

Table 7

Wireless 2.4GHz > General: More Secure: WPA(2) (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Table 8

Wireless 2.4GHz > General: WPA(2)-PSK

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Security Mode

Select

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

as the security mode.

Pre-Shared Key

Enter a pre-shared key.

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7.2

More AP Screen

This screen allows you to enable and configure multiple Basic Service Sets (BSSs) on the Router.

Click

Network Setting > Wireless 2.4GHz

>

More AP

.

Figure 11

Network Setting > Wireless 2.4GHz> More AP

Table 9

Network Setting > Wireless 2.4GHz > More AP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

This field indicates whether this SSID is active. A yellow bulb signifies that this SSID is

active. A gray bulb signifies that this SSID is not active.

SSID

This field displays the name of the wireless profile on the network.

Security

This field indicates the security mode of the SSID profile.

Modify

Click the

Edit

icon to configure the SSID profile.

WPA-PSK

Compatible

This appears when you choose

WPA-PSK2

as the

Security Mode

.

Enable this to allow wireless devices using

WPA-PSK

security mode to connect to your

Router. The Router supports WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK simultaneously.

Group Key Update

Timer

This is the rate at which the RADIUS

server sends a new group key out to all clients.

Encryption

Select

TKIP

to enable Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) security on your wireless

network. Select

AES

to enable Advanced Encryption System (AES) security on your

wireless network. AES provides superior security to TKIP.

Select

TKIPAESMIX

to have

both types of security.

Table 8

Wireless 2.4GHz > General: WPA(2)-PSK (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION