TP-Link TL-MR3240 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Figure 4-23

¾

Disable Security

-

If you do not want to use wireless security, select this check box, but it’s

strongly recommended to choose one of the following modes to enable security.

¾

WEP -

It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you select this check box, you will find a

notice in red as show in Figure 4-24.

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Figure 4-24

•

Type

-

you can choose the type for the WEP security on the pull-down list. The default

setting is

Automatic

, which can select

Open System

or

Shared Key

authentication type

automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.

•

WEP Key Format

-

Hexadecimal

and

ASCII

formats are provided

.

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 Typ

e

-

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.

152-bit -

You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key

is not promoted) or 16 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.

¾

WPA /WPA2 -

It’s based on Radius Server.

•

Version

-

you can choose the version of the WPA security on the pull-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.

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•

Encryption -

You can select either

Automatic

, or

TKIP

or

AES.

)

Note:

If you check the

WPA/WPA2

radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you will find a

notice in red as shown in Figure 4-25

Figure 4-25

•

Radius Server IP -

Enter the IP address of the Radius Server.

•

Radius Port -

Enter the port that radius service used.

•

Radius Password -

Enter the password for the Radius Server.

•

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.

¾

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK -

It’s the WPA/WPA2 authentication type based on pre-shared

passphrase.

•

Version

-

you can choose the version of the WPA-PSK security on the drop-down list.

The default setting is

Automatic

, 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.

)

Note:

If you check the

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

radio button and choose TKIP encryption, you

will find a notice in red as shown in

Figure 4-19

.

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Figure 4-26

•

PSK Passphrase -

You can enter ASCII characters between 8 and 63 characters or 8 to

64 Hexadecimal characters.

•

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.

Be sure to click the

Save

button to save your settings on this page.

4.6.3 Wireless MAC Filtering

Choose menu “

Wireless

→

MAC Filtering

”, you can control the wireless access by configuring

the Wireless MAC Address Filtering function, shown in Figure 4-27.

Figure 4-27

Wireless MAC address Filtering

To filter wireless users by MAC Address, click

Enable

. The default setting is

Disable

.

¾

MAC Address -

The wireless station's MAC address that you want to filter.

¾

Status

-

The status of this entry either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.

¾

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 4-28:

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Figure 4-28

Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry

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-00-07-8A.

2.

Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the

Description

field. For example:

Wireless station A.

3.

Status

-

Select

Enabled

or

Disabled

for this entry on the

Status

pull-down list.

4.

Click the

Save

button to save this entry.

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Click the

Modify

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 All

button to make all entries enabled

Click the

Disabled All

button to make all entries disabled.

Click the

Delete All

button to delete all entries

Click the

For example:

If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-8A

and the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-23-11 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.

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