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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

NBG-418N v2 User’s Guide

Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your NBG-418N v2, your network is

accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.

Figure 44

Network > Wireless LAN > General: No Security

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

6.4.2

WEP Encryption

WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless stations and the access points

to keep network communications private. It encrypts unicast and multicast communications in a

network. Both the wireless stations and the access points must use the same WEP key.

Your NBG-418N v2 allows you to configure up to four 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys but only one key

can be enabled at any one time.

In order to configure and enable WEP encryption; click

Network

Wireless LAN

to display the

General

screen. Select

WEP

from the

Security Mode

list.

Figure 45

Network > Wireless LAN > General: WEP

Table 20

Network > Wireless LAN > General: No Security

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Security Mode

Choose

None

from the drop-down list box.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG-418N v2.

Reset

Click

Reset

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

NBG-418N v2 User’s Guide

The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.

6.4.3

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

Click

Network

Wireless LAN

to display the

General

screen. Select

WPA-PSK

WPA2-PSK

from the

Security Mode

list.

Figure 46

Network > Wireless LAN > General: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 21

Network > Wireless LAN > General: WEP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Security Mode

Choose

WEP

from the drop-down list box.

WEP Encryption

Select

64-bit WEP

128-bit WEP

to enable data encryption.

Authentication

Method

Select

Auto

Shared Key

from the drop-down list box.

This field specifies whether the wireless clients have to provide the WEP key to login to the

wireless client. Keep this setting at

Auto

unless you want to force a key verification before

communication between the wireless client and the NBG-418N v2 occurs. Select

Shared

Key

to force the clients to provide the WEP key prior to communication.

ASCII

Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as WEP key.

Hex

Select this option in order to enter hexadecimal characters as a WEP key.

Key 1 to Key 4

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the NBG-418N v2 and the wireless stations

must use the same WEP key for data transmission.

If you chose

64-bit WEP

, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters

("0-9", "A-F").

If you chose

128-bit WEP

, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters

("0-9", "A-F").

You must configure at least one key, only one key can be activated at any one time. The

default key is key 1.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG-418N v2.

Reset

Click

Reset

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

Table 22

Network > Wireless LAN > General: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Security Mode

Choose

WPA-PSK

WPA2-PSK

from the drop-down list box.

Select

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK AES

to have both WPA2 and WPA wireless clients be able

to communicate with the NBG-418N v2 even when the NBG-418N v2 is using WPA2-PSK.

Pre-Shared Key

WPA-PSK

WPA2-PSK

uses a simple common password for authentication.

Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including spaces and

symbols).

Type a pre-shared key less than 64 case-sensitive HEX characters ("0-9", "A-F").

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

NBG-418N v2 User’s Guide

6.5

MAC Filter

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the NBG-418N v2 to give exclusive access to up to 16

devices (Allow) or exclude up to 16 devices from accessing the NBG-418N v2 (Deny). Every

Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at

the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02.

You need to know the MAC address of the devices to configure this screen.

To change your NBG-418N v2’s MAC filter settings, click

Network

Wireless LAN

MAC Filter

The screen appears as shown.

Figure 47

Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter

The following table describes the labels in this menu.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG-418N v2.

Reset

Click

Reset

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

Table 22

Network > Wireless LAN > General: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Table 23

Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Click

Active

check box to enable MAC address filtering.

MAC Address

(White List)

This field shows the MAC addresses of the wireless station that are allowed or denied access

to the NBG-418N v2 in these address fields. Enter the MAC addresses in a valid MAC address

format, that is, six hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.

Select

Click the

Select

radio button to select a MAC filter entry.

Delete

Click the

Delete

button to delete the selected MAC filter entry.

Delete All

Click the

Delete All

button to remove all MAC filter entries.

MAC Address

Enter the

MAC addresses

of the wireless station that are allowed or denied access to the

NBG-418N v2 in these address fields. Enter the MAC addresses in a valid MAC address

format, that is, six hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.

Add

Click

Add

to add a new MAC address to the MAC Filtering rule.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG-418N v2.

Reset

Click

Reset

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

NBG-418N v2 User’s Guide

6.6

Wireless LAN Advanced Screen

Use this screen to allow intra-BSS networking and set the RTS/CTS Threshold.

Click

Network

Wireless LAN

Advanced

. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 48

Network > Wireless LAN > Advanced

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

6.7

WPS Screen

Use this screen to enable/disable WPS, view or generate a new PIN number and check current WPS

status. To open this screen, click

Network

Wireless LAN

WPS

tab.

Table 24

Network > Wireless LAN > Advanced

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Advanced Setup

Tx Power

This field controls the transmission power of the NBG-418N v2. If there is a high density

of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the NBG-418N v2 to reduce interference

with other APs.

Enable Intra-BSS

Traffic

A Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireless clients or

between a wireless client and a wired network client go through one access point (AP).

Intra-BSS traffic is traffic between wireless clients in the BSS. When Intra-BSS is

enabled, wireless client

and

can access the wired network and communicate with

each other. When Intra-BSS is disabled, wireless client

and

can still access the wired

network but cannot communicate with each other.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes to the NBG-418N v2.

Reset

Click

Reset

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

NBG-418N v2 User’s Guide

Figure 49

Network > Wireless LAN > WPS

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

6.8

WPS Station Screen

Use this screen when you want to add a wireless station using WPS. To open this screen, click

Network

Wireless LAN

WPS Station

tab.

Note: Note: After you click

Push Button

on this screen, you have to press a similar

button in the wireless station utility within 2 minutes. To add the second wireless

station, you have to press these buttons on both device and the wireless station

again after the first 2 minutes.

Table 25

Network > Wireless LAN > WPS

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

WPS Setup

Enable WPS

Click the

Enable WPS

check box to enable the WPS feature. Click again to disable it.

PIN Number

This displays a PIN number last time system generated. Click

Generate

to generate a

new PIN number.

WPS Status

Status

This displays

Configured

when the NBG-418N v2 has connected to a wireless network

using WPS or when

Enable WPS

is selected and wireless or wireless security settings

have been changed. The current wireless and wireless security settings also appear in the

screen.

This displays

Unconfigured

if WPS is disabled and there are no wireless or wireless

security changes on the NBG-418N v2 or you click

Release_Configuration

to remove

the configured wireless and wireless security settings.

Release

Configuration

This button is only available when the WPS status displays

Configured

Click this button to remove all configured wireless and wireless security settings for WPS

connections on the NBG-418N v2.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG-418N v2.

Refresh

Click

Refresh

to get this screen information afresh.

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