Siemens Gigaset-204A Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Configuring Advanced Settings

ì

Select the

Input type

, i.e. whether the key is to be entered manually or generated

automatically by means of a

Passphrase

.

Manual key entry

ì

Select the

Key type

,

Hex

or

ASCII

.

If you select

Hex

as the key type you can use the characters

0

to

9

and

A

to

F

.

–

With a 64-bit encryption depth, the key is 10 characters long.

An example of a valid key: 1234567ABC

–

With a 128-bit encryption depth, the key is 26 characters long.

An example of a valid key: 234567ABC8912345DEF1234567

If you select

ASCII

as the key type, you can use the characters

0

to

9

,

A

to

Z

,

a

to

z

plus the special characters in the ASCII character set.

–

With a 64-bit encryption depth, the key is 5 characters long.

An example of a valid key: Giga1

–

With a 128-bit encryption depth, the key is 13 characters long.

An example of a valid key: Giga762SX

ì

Enter up to four keys in fields

Key 1

to

Key 4

and confirm them by entering them

again in fields

Confirm key 1

to

Confirm key 4

.

ì

Select one of the four keys as the

Default key

.

ì

Click

OK

to apply the settings.

Note:

u

It is very

important

that you make a note of the key(s) that have been entered.

You will need this information to configure the wireless network adapters prop-

erly.

u

When you have concluded the configuration, you must change the WEP encryp-

tion in the wireless network adapters for the connected PCs in the same way as

they will not otherwise be given access to the wireless network of the Giga762SX

WLAN dsl.

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Configuring Advanced Settings

Generating a key by means of a Passphrase

ì

Enter a

Passphrase

(up to 32 characters) and confirm it by entering it again. The key

is generated automatically.

ì

Click

OK

to apply the settings.

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Configuring Advanced Settings

Permitted clients

On this screen you can specify the PCs that are to have wireless access to the

Giga762SX WLAN dsl and hence to your LAN and WLAN.

The default setting for access control is deactivated. This means that all PCs that use

the correct

SSID

can be logged in.

Access control is based on the

MAC addresss

of the PC network adapters.

ì

In the

Advanced Settings

menu, select:

Wireless Network

–

Allowed Clients

ì

Activate access control by selecting

On

in the

MAC address filter

field.

Entering PCs manually:

ì

Enter the

MAC address

and

Device name

of the required PCs in the appropriate

fields.

ì

Click the

Add

button to add the entry to the list.

ì

Click the

Delete

button to delete the entry from the list.

Note:

Only following deletion is the entry transferred to the list of known MAC

addresses.

ì

Apply the settings by clicking

OK

.

Selecting from the list of logged-in PCs

ì

Select the required PC from the

Known wireless clients

list. All

PCs that were already entered manually on the router with the

MAC address are displayed.

ì

Click the

Add

button to add the selected PC to the list.

ì

Apply the settings by clicking

OK

.

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Configuring Advanced Settings

Repeater function (WDS)

WDS (Wireless Distribution System) allows you to extend the range of your wireless net-

work using a repeater. A repeater located at the outer range of a wireless network

ensures that data is forwarded between WLAN clients in this wireless network and cli-

ents within its own wireless range. Repeaters and access points thereby form a common

wireless network within which all clients can be moved about freely. Clients automati-

cally set up a connection to the next access point / repeater (roaming). For security pur-

poses you must determine which access points / repeaters are to form a common wire-

less network.

If you want to use a repeater in your wireless network you must activate the Wireless

Distribution System (WDS) function.

ì

In the

Advanced Settings

menu, select:

Wireless Network

–

Repeater (WDS)

ì

To activate WDS select the

On

option next to

Wireless distribution system

.

The environment is scanned for wireless networks in range. If the search has been com-

pleted successfully the networks are displayed.

Note:

If you activate MAC access control, you must at least add the PC on which you are con-

figuring the Giga762SX WLAN dsl to the list. Otherwise, you will have no access to the

user interface and will receive an appropriate error message.

If you have inadvertently denied all PCs access to the Giga762SX WLAN dsl, you have

two options:

u

You can completely reset the Giga762SX WLAN dsl (page 26).

u

You can connect a PC to the Giga762SX WLAN dsl using one of the LAN connec-

tions. As MAC access control only affects PCs that are connected wirelessly, you

can use this PC to change the configuration.

Note:

WDS can only be used with WEP encryption or without encryption. If you use WPA-PSK

encryption (default) you have to change the encryption of your wireless network. For

inforamation refer to the section "Setting encryption" on page 88.

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Configuring Advanced Settings

All repeaters/access points in range are displayed with the following information:

–

SSID

–

MAC address

–

Channel

–

Type

(11b or 11g)

The

Signal strength

of the connection to the repeater, if one exists, is shown as a per-

centage. You can use this data to determine the best possible location for your repeater.

You can register a maximum of three repeaters to extend your WLAN.

ì

Select the

Active

check box to register a repeater to your wireless network.

ì

Click

Refresh

to update the display.

ì

Click

OK

to apply the settings.

Note:

The registered but currently unavailable repeaters are presented only by their MAC

addresses.

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