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Securing Your Wireless Connection

Introduction

You can protect the wireless communication between the wireless clients and your MediaAccess Gateway with a wireless key.

This means that:



Only clients which use the correct Network Name (SSID) and wireless key can connect to your network.



All data passing through your wireless access point is secured and encrypted.

Encryption types

Over the years a number of encryption types have been developed. The list below gives you an overview of the supported

encryption types ordered by descending security level; you will find the highest level of security at the top of the list:



WPA-PSK Encryption:

The wireless connection is secured with a pre-shared key that has been defined by the user. Wireless clients must be

configured with this key before they can connect to the MediaAccess Gateway. The MediaAccess Gateway supports the

following WPA-PSK versions (ordered by descending security):



WPA2-PSK:

The most recent and most secure version of WPA-PSK. Choose this version if you are sure that all your wireless clients

support WPA2-PSK.



WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK

:

This is a mixed mode. In this mode WPA2-PSK, is the preferred encryption type but wireless clients do not support

WPA2-PSK, can still use WPA-PSK as encryption type. Choose this option if not all of your wireless clients support

WPA2-PSK or if you are not sure. Wireless clients that support WPA2-PSK will use WPA2-PSK, the others will use

WPA-PSK.



WPA-PSK

:

The first version of

WPA-PSK.

Choose this option if you are sure that none of your wireless clients support

WPA2-PSK.



WEP Encryption:

The least safe encryption type used for wireless connections. Like WPA-PSK it uses a user-defined key, but WEP has

been proven to have security issues.

Configuration

Proceed as follows:

1

Browse to the

MediaAccess Gateway GUI

.

For more information, see

“Accessing the MediaAccess Gateway GUI” on page 37

.

2

Under

Home Network

, click

Wireless

.

3

The

Wireless Access Point

page appears. In the upper-right corner, click

Configure

.

If you want to configure WPA2-PSK on the built-in wireless utility of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), you first

have to:



Upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 3.

- or -



Install the following update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917021

.

Although the MediaAccess Gateway allows you to use WEP or no security, we strongly advise against using one

of them! Use

WPA(2)-PSK

instead.

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In the

Security Mode

list, select one of the following modes:



WPA-PSK



WPA2-PSK



WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK

For more information, see

“Encryption types” on page 48

.

5

In the

WPA-PSK Encryption Key

box, type a the key of your choice. The key must be in one of the following formats:



8 to 63 alphanumeric characters. For example: MyKey123



8 to 64 hexadecimal characters (characters from 0 to 9 and from A to F). For example: C54F48A5.

6

Click

Apply

.

7

Reconnect your wireless client(s) to the MediaAccess Gateway using these new security settings.

For more information, see

“5.1 Connecting Your Wireless Client via WPS” on page 44

or

“5.2 Connecting Your Wireless

Client without WPS” on page 46

.

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Telephony

Voice over IP (VoIP)

VoIP is a technology in which telephone calls are made over the Internet. This allows you to save on communication costs,

especially for long-distance calls.

The expensive solution

To be able to make your phone calls over the Internet you could either:



Buy an IP phone.

These IP phones are special phones that you can connect to your Internet Gateway.



Install VoIP software on your computer and make your phone calls via your computer.

The Technicolor solution

With the MediaAccess Gateway you can make both VoIP and traditional telephone calls using a traditional analogue phone.

If your MediaAccess Gateway is not powered, the traditional telephone network (if connected) will automatically selected.

This way you are still able to make emergency calls.

In this chapter

This chapter covers following topics:

Topic

Page

6.1

Setting Up Your Telephone Network

52

6.2

Address Book

56

6.3

Telephony Services

58

6.4

Viewing Call Logs

63

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Setting Up Your Telephone Network

Procedure

To set up your telephone network, follow these steps:

1

Connect your traditional phone(s), DECT base station or fax to the green

Phone

port(s) on the back panel of your

MediaAccess Gateway.

2

Connect your MediaAccess Gateway to the traditional network.

For more information, see

“6.1.1 Connection to the Traditional Telephone Network” on page 53

.

3

Configure the VoIP service on your MediaAccess Gateway.

For more information, see

“6.1.2 Configuring the MediaAccess Gateway VoIP Service” on page 54

.