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Viewing or Changing Wireless Settings

To view or change the wireless settings:

1.

Connect a computer to the wireless voice gateway using an Ethernet or USB cable as

described in

“Connecting the Wireless Voice Gateway” on page 1-4

.

2.

Enter

in the address field of your Internet browser.

3.

From the main menu, select Wireless Settings. The Wireless Setting screen appears:

Note:

If you use a wireless computer to change wireless settings such as the SSID, you

will be disconnected when you click

Apply

. Reconfigure your wireless computer

to match the new settings, or access the wireless voice gateway from a wired

computer to make further changes.

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4.

For initial configuration and test, leave the settings unchanged.

5.

If you make changes, you must click

Apply

to save the changes.

6.

Configure and test your computers for wireless connectivity.

Program the wireless adapter of your computers to have the same SSID and wireless security

settings as your wireless voice gateway. Check that they have a wireless link and are able to

obtain an IP address by DHCP from the wireless voice gateway. If there is interference, adjust

the channel

The following table explains the Wireless Setting screen.

Table 2-1.

Wireless Settings

Settings

Description

Wireless

Network

Name (SSID)

The SSID is also known as the wireless network name. The

default SSID is Wireless. Any wireless device that will

connect to this wireless voice gateway must use the same

SSID.

If you want to change the SSID, you can enter a

32-character (maximum) name in this field. The characters

are case-sensitive.

Region

The location where the gateway is used.

Channel

The wireless channel used by the gateway. The default is

Channel 6.

Do not change the wireless channel unless you experience

interference (shown by lost connections or slow data

transfers). If this happens, you might need to experiment

with different channels to see which is the best.

Mode

The default is g & b, which allows both 802.11g and 802.11b

wireless stations access. Note that in b only mode, 802.11g

wireless stations can connect if they can operate in 802.11b

mode.

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Wireless Access

Point

Enable Wireless Access

Point

On by default, this setting enables the wireless radio, which

allows the wireless voice gateway to work as a wireless

access point.

Turning off the wireless radio can be helpful for

configuration, network tuning, or troubleshooting.

Allow Broadcast Name

(SSID)

On by default, the wireless voice gateway broadcasts its

SSID, allowing wireless stations that have a null (blank)

SSID to adopt the correct SSID. If you disable broadcast of

the SSID, only devices with the correct SSID can connect.

This nullifies the wireless network discovery feature of some

products such as Windows XP, but the data is still fully

exposed to a determined snoop using specialized test

equipment like wireless sniffers. For this reason NETGEAR

recommends that you also enable wireless security.

Wireless Station

Access List

Turn Access Control On

Access control is disabled by default so that any computer

configured with the correct SSID can connect. See

“Configuring Your Wireless Card Access List”

.

Security Option

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 128-bit

encryption is the default setting

WEP security uses encryption keys and data encryption for

data security. See

“WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)”

.

Other Security Options

•

Disable

. Wireless security is disabled. This setting can be

used to establish wireless connectivity before

implementing wireless security. NETGEAR strongly

recommends that you use wireless security.

•

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64-bit

. WEP security

uses encryption keys and data encryption for data

security. You can select 64-bit. See

“WEP (Wired

Equivalent Privacy)”

.

•

WPA options:

The wireless voice gateway supports

WPA-PSK, WPA, WPA2-PSK, and WPA2 security. See

“WPA-PSK (WiFi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key)”

, or

“WPA2-PSK (WiFi Protected Access 2 Pre-Shared

Keys)”

.

Table 2-1.

Wireless Settings (continued)

Settings

Description

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WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

To configure WEP data encryption:

1.

From the Wireless Settings screen, select

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64-bit

encryption

or

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 128-bit encryption

.

2.

In the

Authentication

drop-down list, select

Open System or Shared Key

, or select

Shared

Key

.

3.

If you use encryption keys, enter them. These values must be identical on all computers in

your network. There are two ways to enter the keys:

•

Passphrase

: Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase field, and

then click Generate. The

Key1

through

Key4

fields are populated with key values.

•

Manual

: Enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F)

Select which of the four keys will be the default.

See the link to the online document

“Wireless Communications:” in Appendix B

for a full

explanation of each of these options, as defined by the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication

standard.

4.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

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WPA-PSK (WiFi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key)

Not all wireless adapters support WPA-PSK. Furthermore, client software is required on the client.

Windows XP and Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or above do include the client software that

supports WPA. Nevertheless, the wireless adapter hardware and driver must also support WPA.

Consult the product document for your wireless adapter and WPA client software for instructions

on configuring WPA settings.

To configure WPA-PSK:

1.

On the Wireless Settings screen, select the Security Option

WPA-PSK

.

2.

In the

Passphrase Key

field under Security Encryption (WPA-PSK), enter a word or group of

printable characters and enter the

Key Lifetime

.

The Passphrase must be 8 to 63 characters in length. The 256 Bit key used for encryption is

generated from this passphrase.

3.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

Figure 2-3