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54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide
Figure 5-45
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5.5 Wireless LAN Configuration
The menus used to configure Wireless LAN settings available in the Wireless directory including
Basic, Security, MAC Filter, Advanced, and Statistics menus. The Wireless Basic, Security, MAC
Filter, Advanced, and Statistics are described below.
5.5.1 Wireless – Basic
Choose “
Wireless
”
Æ
”
Basic
”, you will see the screen of
Wireless-Basic
settings shown as below.
The basic settings for wireless networking are set on this screen.
Figure 5-46
This page allows you to configure basic features of the wireless LAN interface. You can enable or
disable the wireless LAN interface, hide the network from active scans, set the wireless network
name (also known as SSID) and restrict the channel set based on Region requirements.
¾
Enable Wireless:
If you want to use wireless features, you must select “Enable Wireless”. If
you deselect “Enable Wireless” option, all the Wireless settings below will be disabled.
¾
Enable SSID Broadcast:
When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to
associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the Router’s
SSID, keep the default setting, if you don’t want to broadcast the Router’s SSID, unselect this
option.
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SSID:
Wireless network name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID must
be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32
characters (use any of the characters on the keyboard). Make sure this setting is the same for
all stations in your wireless network. Type the desired SSID in the space provided.
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BSSID:
Show the MAC address of the Router.
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Region:
Restrict the channel set and transmit power.
Click "
Apply
" to configure the basic wireless options.
5.5.2 Wireless – Security
Choose “
Wireless
”
Æ
”
Security
”, you will see the screen of
Wireless-Security
settings shown as
below.
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Figure 5-47
This page allows you to configure security features of the wireless LAN interface. You can set the
network authentication method, selecting data encryption, specify whether a network key is
required to authenticate to this wireless network and specify the encryption strength.
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Network Authentication:
Select an authentication type from the drop-down list. Options
available are: Open, Shared, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, Mixed WPA2/WPA, and
Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK.
Note:
For most users, it is recommended to use the default Wireless LAN Performance settings. Any
changes made to these settings may adversely affect your wireless network. Under certain
circumstances, changes may benefit performance. Carefully consider and evaluate any changes
to these wireless settings.
5.5.2.1. WEP Encryption
WEP is a basic encryption method offering three levels of encryption, 152-bit is stronger than
64-bit and 128-bit encryption. If you select enable from the drop-down list of
WEP Encryption
,
you will see the screen shown as below.
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Figure 5-48
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Encryption strength:
Select the appropriate level of encryption, 64-bit, 128-bit or 152-bit.
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Current Network Key:
To indicate which WEP key to use, select a transmission key number.
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Network Key 1-4:
If you want to manually enter the WEP keys, then enter them in the network
Key 1-4 fields.
Configure WEP Encryption
WEP can use different methods of Authentication. Choose the Authentication Type from
drop-down list Open or Shared.
y
Select
Open
to allow any wireless station to associate with the access point.
y
Select
Shared
to only allow stations using a shared key encryption to associate with it.
Shared key requires additional configuration of the keys to be used. Follow the
instructions below to configure the Shared Keys.
WEP Encryption is disabled by default. To enable WEP, select the Enable option. Configure the
Encryption Keys as below:
1.
Encryption strength: Select 64-bit (enter 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal digits in
the Network Key list), 128-bit (enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal digits in the
Network Key list), or 152-bit (enter 16 ASCII characters or 32 hexadecimal digits in the
Network Key list).
2.
Current Network Key: Select 1.
3.
In Network key 1 list, enter 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal digits for 64-bit
encryption keys, enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal digits for 128-bit
encryption keys, enter 16 ASCII characters or 32 hexadecimal digits for 152-bit
encryption keys.
4.
Click the
Save/Apply
button to save the new configuration.
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Figure 5-49
Note:
We use
Encryption Strength
64-bit,
Current Network
Key
selected “1” and enter 10
hexadecimal digits”1908300919” in the
Network Key 1
for example, Configure the settings as
Figure 5-49 shown above.
5.5.2.2. WPA
WPA security for wireless communication has been developed to overcome some of the
shortcomings of WEP. WPA combines the key generation with the authentication services of a
RADIUS server.
Figure 5-50
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