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Automatic—enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase box and click

the

Generate

button. The passphrase is case sensitive; NETGEAR is not the same as

nETgear. The four key boxes are automatically populated with key values.

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Manual—enter ten hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F). These entries

are not case sensitive; AA is the same as aa.

Select which of the four keys to activate.

Please see

“Wireless Communications” in Appendix B

for a full explanation of each of these

options, as defined by the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication standard.

6.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

How to Configure WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK Wireless Security

To configure WPA-PSK, follow these steps:

Note:

Not all wireless adapters support WPA. Furthermore, client software is also

required. Windows XP and Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 do include WPA

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

WPA. For instructions on configuring wireless computers or PDAs (Personal

Digital Assistants) for WPA-PSK security, consult the documentation for the

product you are using.

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1.

Click

Wireless Settings

in the Setup section of the main menu and select one of the WPA-

PSK or WPA2-PSK options for the Security Type. The third option (

WPA/WPA2-PSK

is the

most flexible, since it allows clients using either WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK.

2.

In the Security Encryption section, select an encryption method. You have a choice between

TKIP

,

AES

, and

AUTO

. TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) scrambles the encryption

keys using a hashing algorithm and uses integrity checking to ensure that the keys are not

tampered with. TKIP was introduced with WPA-PSK. AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)

was adopted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology on May 26, 2002, is part of

the IEEE 802.11i standard, and is the default encryption method for WPA2-PSK. The AUTO

setting allows the wireless router to connect to wireless clients using either the TKIP or AES

encryption method.

3.

Enter a word or group of 8-63 printable characters in the Passphrase box.

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4.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

How to Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address

To restrict access based on MAC addresses, follow these steps:

1.

Log in to the KWGR614 wireless router at URL

http://www.routerlogin.net.

Enter the default

user name of

admin

and default password of

password

, or whatever LAN address and

password you have set up.

2.

Click

Wireless Settings

in the

Advanced

section of the main menu of the KWGR614 wireless

router.

3.

From the Wireless Settings menu, click

Setup Access List

to display the Wireless Access

menu shown below.

Note:

If you use a wireless computer to configure WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK settings, you

will be disconnected when you click

Apply

. You must then either configure your

wireless adapter to match the wireless router WPA settings or access the wireless

router from a wired computer to make any further changes.

Note:

When configuring the wireless router from a wireless computer whose MAC

address is not in the Trusted PC list, if you select

Turn Access Control On

,

you will lose your wireless connection when you click on

Apply

. You must

then access the wireless router from a wired computer or from a wireless

computer which is on the access control list to make any further changes.

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4.

Select the

Turn Access Control On

check box.

5.

Click

Add

to add a wireless device to the wireless access control list. The Wireless Card

Access Setup dialog displays.

6.

In the Available Wireless Cards list, either select from the list of available wireless cards the

KWGR614 wireless router has found in your area, or enter the MAC address and device name

for a device you plan to use. You can usually find the MAC address printed on the wireless

adapter.

7.

Click

Add

to add this wireless device to the Wireless Card Access List. The screen changes

back to the list screen.

8.

Repeat

step 5

to

step 7

for each additional device you wish to add to the list.

9.

Be sure to click

Apply

to save your Wireless Card Access List settings.

Now, only devices on this list will be allowed to wirelessly connect to the wireless router.

Figure 2-8

Note:

You can copy and paste the MAC addresses from the router’s Attached Devices

menu into the MAC Address box of this menu. To do this, configure each

wireless computer to obtain a wireless link to the wireless router. The

computer should then appear in the Attached Devices menu.

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Chapter 3

Content Filtering

This chapter describes how to use the content filtering features of the 54Mbps Wireless Router

Model KWGR614 to protect your network. These features can be found by clicking on the Content

Filtering heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface.

Content Filtering Overview

The 54Mbps Wireless Router Model KWGR614 provides you with Web content filtering options,

plus browsing activity reporting and instant alerts via e-mail. Parents and network administrators

can establish restricted access policies based on time of day, Web addresses and Web address

keywords. You can also block Internet access by applications and services, such as chat or games.

To configure these features of your router, click on the subheadings under the Content Filtering

heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface at

. The subheadings

are described below: