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Chapter 2
Local Network Setup
Access Control List
(ACL)
The SpeedTouch™ features a managed Access Control List (ACL) and a physical
registration mechanism in the form of the Association / Registration button on the
front panel of your SpeedTouch™.
On the
Wireless Access Point
page, you have the following options for the ACL:
New stations are
±
Allowed (automatically)
: All new stations can access the SpeedTouch™.
±
Allowed (via registration)
: Only allowed stations in the ACL have access.You
can add new stations via:
±
The Association / Registration button.
±
The
Search for wireless devices
task.
For more information, see
“ Registering wireless clients” on page 24
.
±
Not allowed
: Only allowed stations in the ACL have access.
You can add new stations to the ACL only via the
Search for wireless devices
task. For more information, see
“ Registering clients via Web pages” on
page 24
.
Data encryption
To set up wireless connectivity, you can choose different levels of security:
±
Security disabled
(default)
No security; the data will not be encrypted, no authentication process will be
used.
±
WEP
(Wired-Equivalent Privacy)
Traffic between the SpeedTouch™ and the clients is encrypted by sharing a
pre-defined 64-bit or a 128-bit Network key for secure communication with
legacy 802.11b clients.
±
WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key)
The highest form of security available for home users. Make sure that your
wireless client and client manager are compatible with it.
The default 64 bit hexadecimal WEP key is printed on the identification
label located at the bottom of the SpeedTouch™ and is unique for
each device.
The default WPA-Personal pass phrase is printed on the identification
label located at the bottom of the SpeedTouch™ and is unique for
each device.
The WPA-Personal pass phrase must consist of 8 to 63 ASCII
characters or 8 to 64 HEX digits.
Wireless access points may already have been configured during the Home
Install Wizard.
If
If you change wireless settings, wireless clients will be disconnected. In this
case, you need to reconfigure the wireless clients before you can connect to
the Internet again.
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2.2.4
Connecting Additional Wireless Clients
Preconditions
Make sure that:
±
The SpeedTouch™ is turned on and ready for service.
±
The SpeedTouch™ has been configured as DHCP server (default).
±
The wireless client adapters have been installed on all the computers you
want to connect to the WLAN.
Security issues
±
Depending on the personalised wireless settings:
±
Make sure you use the same encryption or security level on the client as
on your SpeedTouch™. If for instance WPA-PSK is enabled on the
SpeedTouch™, you must also configure the wireless client to use WPA-
PSK and configure the same WPA-PSK pass phrase.
±
If the Network Name (SSID) is not broadcast, you must configure the
wireless client for the SpeedTouch™ Network Name. Refer to the
documentation of your wireless client for more information.
±
If the SpeedTouch™ ACL settings are set to:
±
New stations are allowed (automatically),
your device can access the
SpeedTouch™ WLAN without additional configuration.
±
New stations are allowed (via registration)
, you have to register your
wireless client(s).For more information, see
“ Registering wireless
clients” on page 24
.
±
New stations are not allowed
, you have to search for wireless client(s)
using the SpeedTouch™ web pages, see
“ Registering clients via Web
pages” on page 24
.
Registering wireless
clients
If ‘New stations are allowed (via registration)’, you can add a wireless client to the
ACL via:
±
Registering clients via Web pages
±
Registering clients via the association button
Registering clients via
Web pages
Proceed as follows to add a wireless client to the ACL:
1
Go to the SpeedTouch™ Web pages.
2
In the menu, select
Home Network > Devices
.
3
In the
Pick a task
list, click
Search for wireless devices
.
The SpeedTouch™ searches for new wireless stations that use the encryption
key of the SpeedTouch™ Access Point.
The SpeedTouch™ takes you to the Home Network. The new station will be
shown next to the name of the SpeedTouch™ WLAN.
4
Click the name of the new station.
5
Click
Configure
.
6
Select
Allowed on WLAN
, and then click
Apply
.
The device is added to the ACL and will always be allowed to connect to the
SpeedTouch™.
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Registering clients via
the association button
Proceed as follows to register new wireless network clients via the association
button:
1
Push the Association button on the SpeedTouch™front panel for at least two
seconds.
The WLAN LED toggles between green and red.
The ACL will be unlocked for a time frame of one minute. Any new wireless
client successfully attempting to connect to the SpeedTouch™ (having the
correct wireless settings, that is the network name and, if required, the
network key) within the time frame of one minute, will be added to the table.
The SpeedTouch™ automatically saves your current configuration at the end
of the registration phase.
2
Successfully registered stations are associated to the SpeedTouch™ WLAN.
Depending on your WLAN client adapter, a wireless icon may become green
or a message similar to the following may appear: “Successfully joined
Wireless network SpeedTouch123456”.
3
The wireless clients will be added to the SpeedTouch™ ACL.
4
After one minute the ACL is locked.
Some WLAN clients do not automatically join a WLAN. If so, follow
the instructions for the WLAN client software to initiate the
association.
The registration procedure can be repeated as often as needed.
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Local Network Setup
2.2.5
Extending the Range of Your Wirelstess
Network
Wireless Distribution
System (WDS)
The SpeedTouch™ features the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) functionality.
This feature allows you to extend the range of your wireless network by introducing
one or more WDS-enabled devices into your wireless network.
WDS enables data packets to pass from one wireless access point to another, as if
the access points were ports on a wired Ethernet switch. WDS allows you to extend
the range of your SpeedTouch™ by means of one or more wireless repeaters, like
for instance a SpeedTouch™180. The following illustration depicts two WDS-
enabled devices communicating via WDS.
Preconditions
Make sure that:
±
Your wireless repeater is be WDS enabled.
±
Both your SpeedTouch™ and your wireless repeater use:
±
The same WEP key if WEP is enabled.
±
The same
fixed
channel.
The SpeedTouch™ allows you to add up to four wireless repeaters.
Repeaters extend the coverage area of your wireless LAN. However, bear in
mind that throughput is reduced for wireless clients that are connected
through a repeater.
SpeedTouch™180
SpeedTouch™585
WDS Link
!
WPA encryption is not supported when using WDS.
The SpeedTouch™ and your wireless repeater do not necessarily need to
use the same SSID. Using different SSIDs allows you to force your wireless
clients to use either the access point of the SpeedTouch™ or the one of your
wireless repeater.
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To configure WDS
Proceed as follows:
1
Go to the SpeedTouch™ Web pages.
2
In the menu, select
Home Network
.
3
Click your WLAN.
4
In the upper right corner, click
Configure
.
5
On the
Wireless Access Point
page, in the
Pick a task
list, click
Configure WDS
.
6
Select
WDS Enabled
.
7
In the
Pick a task
list, click
Scan for wireless access points
.
A warning is displayed.
8
Click
OK
.
The SpeedTouch™ scans for access points on the same radio channel.
9
Select your repeater in the
List of Accessible Access Points
, and then click
Apply
.
If not already done, set a
fixed
channel and check whether the security
settings (WEP encryption or no encryption) on your SpeedTouch™ are
the same as on the repeater.

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