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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
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