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Configuring the Advanced Settings

ì

Enter a key in the

Pre-shared key

field (up to 32 alphanumerical characters) and

confirm it by entering it again.

ì

Apply the settings by clicking

OK

.

WEP encryption

If WPA is not supported by all components in your wireless network, we advise you to

activate

WEP Encryption

on your wireless network components.

ì

In the

Security

field, select the

WEP

option.

ì

Select the

Authentication type

:

–

Select

Shared

if you want each client to log in to the network with a specified key.

–

Select

Open

to permit data transfer within your wireless network without using

a key.

You can choose either the standard 64-bit keys or the more robust 128-bit keys for

encryption. The keys are generated in hexadecimal or in ASCII format. You must use the

same keys for encryption and decryption for both the Gigaset SE361 WLAN and all your

wireless network adapters.

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Configuring the Advanced Settings

ì

Select the

Key length

: 64 or 128-bit.

ì

Select the

Input type

, i.e. whether you wish to enter the key manually or have it

generated automatically by means of a

Passphrase

.

Generating the key by means of a Passphrase

ì

Enter a

Passphrase

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

keys are generated.

ì

Select one of the four keys as

Default key

.

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 exactly 10 characters long.

Example of a valid key: 1234567ABC

–

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

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

, and

a

to

z

plus the special characters in the ASCII character set.

–

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

Example of a valid key: GIGA1

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Configuring the Advanced Settings

–

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

Example of a valid key: GIGASET_SE361

ì

Enter up to four keys in fields

Key 1

to

Key 4

and confirm these keys by entering

them again in fields

Confirm key 1

to

Confirm key 4

.

ì

Select one of the four keys as

Default key

.

ì

Click on

OK

to apply the settings.

Allowed clients

On this screen you can specify which PCs will have wireless access to the Gigaset SE361

WLAN and hence to your LAN.

ì

In the

Wireless Network

menu, select

Allowed Clients

.

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

correct

SSID

can log in.

Access control is based on the

MAC address

of the PCs' network adapters.

ì

Activate access control via the

On

option in the field

MAC address filter

.

Entering PCs manually:

ì

Enter the required PCs with

MAC address

and

Device name

in the appropriate

fields.

ì

Click on

Add

to add the entry to the list.

Note:

u

It is very

important

that you make a note of keys you enter or generate. You

will need this information to configure the wireless network adapters cor-

rectly.

u

When you have completed configuration you must also change WEP encryp-

tion on the wireless network adapters for the connected PCs; if you do not,

they will no longer be able to access the Gigaset SE361 WLAN's wireless net-

work.

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Configuring the Advanced Settings

ì

Click on

Delete

to delete the entry from the list.

ì

Click on

OK

to apply the settings.

Selecting from the list of known PCs

ì

From the

Known wireless clients

list (all PCs that currently have access to the Giga-

set SE361 WLAN), select the PC you want to add to the access control list.

ì

Click on

Add

to add the entry to the list.

ì

Click on

OK

to apply the settings.

Repeater function (WDS)

If you want to use a repeater in your wireless network to extend the range, you must

activate the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) function. A repeater installed at the

range limit of the access point ensures that the data is forwarded between clients in the

access points’ wireless network and clients in its own radio coverage area. Repeaters and

access points form a common wireless network in which all clients can move about

freely. Clients automatically set up a connection to the next access point / repeater

(

Roaming

). You must determine for security purposes which access points / repeaters

are to form a common wireless network.

In the

Advanced Settings

–

Wireless Network

menu, select

Repeater (WDS)

.

ì

Next to

Wireless distribution system

, select the

On

option to activate WDS.

Note:

If you activate MAC access control, you must at least enter the PC from which you

are configuring the Gigaset SE361 WLAN. If you fail to do this, you will no longer

be able to access the user interface and an error message will be shown.

If, by mistake, you have denied all PCs access to the Gigaset SE361 WLAN you have

two options:

u

You can reset the Gigaset SE361 WLAN to the factory settings (see page 18).

u

You can connect a PC to the Gigaset SE361 WLAN using one of the LAN con-

nections. As MAC access control only applies to PCs that are connected wire-

lessly, you can use this PC to change the configuration.

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Configuring the Advanced Settings

If WDS is activated the page shows the WDS client with the highest signal strength

(access point or repeater) to which your Gigaset SE361 WLAN is able to connect.

The following information is displayed:

–

the MAC address of the repeater is shown in the

MAC address

field.

–

the SSID is shown in the

SSID

field.

–

the radio channel used for data transfer is shown in the

Channel

field.

–

the

Signal strength

shows the strength of the connection to the repeater in per-

centage terms.

ì

Enter a description that will help you to identify different access points / repeaters in

the

Comment

field.

ì

To update the display click on

Refresh.

If there is a access point / repeater with

higher singnal strenght close to your Gigaset SE361 WLAN, it is displayed.

ì

Apply the settings by clicking

OK

.

Note:

In order to use WDS (Wireless Distribution System), you have to change your wireless

encryption setting. Only WEP is supported for WDS. If WPA2-PSK / WPA-PSK is selected

as encryption method an error message is output.