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2

Log into the VDSL Router’s web configurator and click

Wireless network > Classic configuration

Wireless > Security

. Enable the WPS function and select

Enter STA PIN

. Enter the PIN number

of the wireless client and click the

Add Enrollee

button. Click

Apply/Save

.

3

Activate WPS on the wireless client utility screen within two minutes.

The VDSL Router authenticates the wireless client and sends it the proper configuration settings.

This may take up to two minutes. The wireless client can then communicate with the VDSL Router

securely.

The following figure shows how to set up a wireless network and its security on a VDSL Router and

a wireless client by using PIN method.

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Example WPS Process: PIN Method

2.5.3

Without WPS

This example uses Windows XP to connect wirelessly to your VDSL Router.

1

Right-click the wireless adapter icon at the bottom right of your computer monitor. Click

View

Available Wireless Networks

.

Authentication by PIN

SECURITY INFO

WITHIN 2 MINUTES

Wireless Client

COMMUNICATION

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2

Select the VDSL Router’s

SSID

name (“SecureWirelessNetwork” in this example) and click

Connect

(A).

3

Enter the password when prompted and click

Connect

.

4

You may have to wait several minutes while your computer connects to the wireless network.

5

Congratulations! Browse to your favorite websites. If you cannot, check that you connected to the

correct AP, and the signal strength is OK. Click your wireless adapter’s icon and click Enable. Some

notebooks also have a physical button that enables or disables the wireless adaptor.

A

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2.6

Using Wireless MAC Authentication to Block a

Computer’s Access to the Wireless Network

Use

MAC Authentication

to block a computer from accessing the wireless network based on the

computer’s MAC address.

Note: MAC Authentication offers limited security.

1

Click

Wireless network > Classic configuration > Wireless > MAC Filter

. In the

MAC Filter

screen, click

Add

.

2

In the

MAC Address

field, enter the MAC address of the computer to block and click

Apply/Save

.

3

The MAC address appears in the

MAC List

. Set the

MAC Restrict Mode

to

Deny

and click

Add

.

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2.7

Setting Up a NAT Virtual Server for a Game Server

This examples configures a virtual server to forward traffic from Civilization IV players on the

Internet (

A

in the figure below) to a server on a computer behind the VDSL Router.

Note: If firewall is enabled, you may also need to configure a firewall rule for the relevant

ports. See

Section 2.9.2 on page 35

.

Tutorial: NAT Port Forwarding Setup

Thomas configures virtual servers to forward TCP and UDP port 6500, and UDP ports 2302 and

13139 traffic to port 6500 at the server’s IP address of 192.168.1.34.

1

Click the

Network map

screen’s

? 192.168.1.34

link.

2

Specify a name (

CivIV

in this example) and type (

Desktop

here). Click

Configure applications

and ports

.

D

=192.168.1.34

WAN

LAN

TCP/UDP port 6500

A

UDP ports 2302 and 13139