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Archer C2
AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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Figure 4-20 Wireless Security
Disable Wireless Security -
If you do not want to use wireless security, check this radio
button. But it’s strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable
security.
WPA/WPA2-Personal -
It’s the WPA/WPA2 authentication type based on pre-shared
passphrase. The router is configured by this security type by default.
Authentication Type
-
you can choose the version of the WPA-PSK security on the
drop-down list. The default setting is
Auto
, which can select
WPA-PSK
(Pre-shared key of
WPA) or
WPA2-PSK
(Pre-shared key of WPA) automatically based on the wireless
station's capability and request.
Encryption
-
When
WPA-PSK
or
WPA
is set as the Authentication Type, you can select
either
Automatic
, or
TKIP
or
AES
as Encryption.
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Archer C2
AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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Note:
If you check the
WPA/WPA2-Personal
radio button and choose
TKIP
encryption, you will
find a notice in red as shown in
Figure 4-21
.
Figure 4-21 WPA/WPA2 – Personal
Wireless Password -
You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to
64 Hexadecimal characters. The default password is the same with the default PIN code,
which is labeled on the bottom of the router or can be found in Figure 4-16.
Group Key Update Period -
Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value
should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.
WPA/WPA2- Enterprise -
It’s based on Radius Server.
Version
-
you can choose the version of the WPA security on the drop-down list. The
default setting is
Automatic
, which can select
WPA (
Wi-Fi Protected Access) or
WPA2
(
WPA version 2) automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.
Encryption -
You can select either
Automatic
, or
TKIP
or
AES.
Note:
If you check the
WPA/WPA2-Enterprise
radio button and choose
TKIP
encryption, you will
find a notice in red as shown in Figure 4-22.
Figure 4-22 WPA/WPA2 - Enterprise
Radius Server IP -
Enter the IP address of the Radius server.
Radius Server Port -
Enter the port number of the Radius server.
Radius Server Password -
Enter the password for the Radius server.
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AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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Group Key Update Period -
Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value
should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.
WEP -
It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you check this radio button, you will find a
notice in red as show in Figure 4-23.
Figure 4-23 WEP
Authentication Type
-
you can choose the type for the WEP security on the drop-down list.
The default setting is
Auto
, which can select
Shared Key
or
Open System
authentication
type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.
WEP Key Format
-
Hexadecimal
and
ASCII
formats are provided here
.
Hexadecimal
format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified
length.
ASCII
format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified
length.
WEP Key
-
Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key that
you create. Make sure these values are identical on all wireless stations in your network.
Key Type
-
You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for
encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid.
64-bit -
You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is
not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters.
128-bit -
You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is
not promoted) or 13 ASCII characters.
Note:
If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have
selected Shared Key as Authentication Type.
Be sure to click the
Save
button to save your settings on this page.
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Archer C2
AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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4.6.4
Wireless MAC Filtering
Choose menu “
Wireless 2.4GHz
→
Wireless MAC Filtering
”, you can control the wireless
access by configuring the
Wireless MAC Filtering
function, shown in Figure 4-24.
Figure 4-24 Wireless MAC Filtering
To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click
Enable
. The default setting is
Disabled
.
MAC Address
-
The wireless station's MAC address that you want to filter.
Status
-
The status of this entry, either
Enabled
or
Disabled
.
Host -
The host network for the filtering rules.
Description -
A simple description of the wireless station.
To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the
Add New
button. The "
Add or Modify
Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry
"
page will appear, shown in Figure 4-25:
Figure 4-25 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry
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AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions:
1.
Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the
MAC Address
field. The format of the MAC
Address
is
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
(X
is
any
hexadecimal
digit).
For
example:
00:0A:EB:B0:00:0B.
2.
Give a simple description for the wireless station in the
Description
field. For example:
Wireless station A.
3.
Select
Enabled
or
Disabled
for this entry on the
Status
drop-down list.
4.
Click the
Save
button to save this entry.
To edit or delete an existing entry:
1.
Click the
Edit
in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the
Delete
.
2.
Modify the information.
3.
Click the
Save
button.
Click the
Enable Selected
button to make selected entries enabled
Click the
Disable Selected
button to make selected entries disabled.
Click the
Delete Selected
button to delete selected l entries.
For example:
If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00:0A:EB:B0:00:0B and
the wireless station B with MAC address 00:0A:EB:00:07:5F are able to access the router, but all
the other wireless stations cannot access the router, you can configure the
Wireless MAC Address
Filtering
list by following these steps:
1. Click the
Enable
button to enable this function.
2. Select the radio button “
Allow the entries specified by any enabled entries in the list to
access
” for
Filtering Rules
.
3.
Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entries already.
4. Click the
Add New
button.
1)
Enter the MAC address 00:0A:EB:B0:00:0B /00:0A:EB:00:07:5F in the
MAC Address
field.
2)
Enter wireless station A/B in the
Description
field.
3)
Select
Enabled
in the
Status
drop-down list.
4)
Click the
Save
button.
The filtering rules that configured should be similar to the following list:

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