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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.

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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.

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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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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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