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Wireless Section

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Wireless

Section

The Router also operates as a wireless Access Point (AP), allowing wireless

computers to communicate with each other. To configure this function, all you

need to do is to enable the wireless function, define the

radio channel

, the

SSID

and the

security options

.

Select the

Enable

radio button, then select the country from the drop down

menu, and click on

SAVE SETTINGS

button. In

Figure 1 the

WIRELESS

main

screen is shown: in left-hand side list of command inside this section does ap-

pear.

FIGURE 1

WIRELESS MAIN PANEL

WIRELESS >> CHANNEL

AND SSID

It is necessary to specify a

common radio channel

and

ESSID

to be used by the

Router and by all of its wireless clients (see

Figure 2). Be sure to configure all

connected clients with the same values.

DISCUS™ DRG A124G

FIGURE 2

CHANNEL AND SSID CONFIGURATION

WIRELESS >> ACCESS

CONTROL

By using the Access Control functionality, it is possible to restrict access on

MAC address base. Each PC has a unique identifier known as a

Medium Ac-

cess Control (MAC) address

. With MAC filtering enabled, the computers whose

MAC address are listed in the filtering table, will be able to connect (or will be

denied access) to the Router. In

Figure 3

WLAN Access Filtering Table

is

shown.

FIGURE 3

WLAN MAC FILTERING TABLE

DISCUS™ DRG A124G

TABLE 1.

List of fields on WLAN MAC Filtering Table

PARAMETER

DESCRIPTION

Enable MAC filtering

Select to turn on this feature

Access Rule for regis-

tered MAC address

Select to

Allow

/

Deny

access for the registered MAC addresses.

Selecting

Allow means only MAC addresses registered

button

here will be able to connect to the Router. Selecting Deny means

only the MAC addresses registered here will be denied access to

the router.

MAC Filtering Table (up

to 32 stations)

You can enter up to 32 addresses here in the table. Click Add cur-

rently MAC stations button to quickly copy the entry to the MAC

Filtering table.

WIRELESS >> SECURITY

To make the wireless networks safer, the security function should be turned on.

In

Figure 4 the panel where it is possible to set security is shown. The Router

supports

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy

) and

WPA (Wi-Fi Protected)

security

mechanisms.

FIGURE 4

WIRELESS SECURITY SETTINGS

The following options are available:

•

No WEP, No WPA

•

WEP only

•

WPA only

By selecting the “No WEP, no WPA” option,

any client with the correct SSID will be allowed to connect

to this Router. We suggest to turn on the security function to protect wireless communication.

WIRELESS >> SECURITY

>> WEP

Figure 5 shows the

WEP

configuration panel. To use

WEP

to protect the wire-

less network, it is necessary to set the same parameters for the Router and for

all the wireless clients.

DISCUS™ DRG A124G

FIGURE 5

WEP CONFIGURATION PANEL

TABLE 2.

List of parameters on WEP configuration

PARAMETER

DESCRIPTION

WEP Mode

Select 64 bit or 128 bit key to use for encryption

Key Entry Method

Select Hex or ASCII. ASCII is selected, the Passphrase

checkbox will not available

Key Provisioning

Select Static or Dynamic. If you choose Dynamic, then you

should also set up the 802.1X function

Static WEP Key Settings

Default Key ID

From 1-4 characters

Passphrase

Two ways to generate the encryption keys, with our without

the passphrase function.

To generate encryption keys using the passphrase function,

check the Passphrase box, and enter the string. Note that the

passphrase can consist of up to 32 alphanumeric characters.

To generate encryption keys without using the passphrase

function, make your selections in WEP Mode and Key Entry

Method, then encryption keys would be generated automati-

cally. It is also possible to manually enter the encryption keys.

Do enter five hexadecimal pairs of digits for the 64-bit WEP

mode, or enter 13 pairs for the 128-bit WEP Mode. Note that a

hexadecimal digit is a number or letter in the range 0-9 of A-F

Before saving settings the key is shown in clear text. If your wireless client does not have a passphrase

utility make a note of the default key before saving settings. This is so you can configure your wireless

client with the proper SSID to connect to this Router.

We suggest you to turn on the security function to protect your wireless communication.

DISCUS™ DRG A124G

WIRELESS >> SECURITY

>> WPA

Figure 6 shows the

WPA

settings. The

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

com-

bines

temporal key integrity protocol (TKIP

) and

802.1X mechanisms

. It pro-

vides dynamic key encryption and 802.1X authentication service. The Router

supports both

WPA

and

WPA2.

FIGURE 6

WPA SETTINGS PANEL

TABLE 3.

List of parameters on WPA settings menu

PARAMETER

DESCRIPTION

WPA Mode

Select WPA, WPA2 or mixed

Cipher suite

Select TKIP + AES, or AES

Authentication

Choose 802.1X or Pre-shared Key

•

802.1X: for the network environment with a RADIUS server.

•

Pre-shared Key: for the SOHO network environment without an

authentication server

Pre-shared Key type

Select Passphrase or Hex

Pre-shared Key

Enter the key in this field

Group Key

Re_Keying

The period of renewing broadcast / multicast key

WIRELESS >> SECURITY

>> 802.1X

Figure 7 shows the

802.1X

settings. If

802.1X

is used in the network, then this

Router functionality can be enabled.