Zyxel X650 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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8.3.2 WEP

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Wired Equivalent Privacy

When you select this mode, the X650 will use WEP encryption, and the

following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:

Here are descriptions of each setup item:

Key Length (2):

There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and

128-bit. Using ‘128-bit’ is safer than ’64-bit’, but will

also reduce some data transfer performance.

Key Format (3):

There are two types of key format: ASCII and Hex. When

you select a key format, the number of characters of key

will be displayed. For example, if you select ’64-bit’ as a

key length, and ‘Hex’ as key format, you will see the

message at the right of ‘Key Format’ is ‘Hex (10

characters), which means the length of the WEP key is 10

characters.

Default Tx Key (4):

You can set up to four sets of WEP keys, and you can

decide which key is being used by default here.

If you do

not know which one you should use, select ‘Key 1’.

Encryption Key

Input WEP key characters here (the number of

1 to 4 (5-8):

characters must be the same as the number displayed in

the ‘Key Format’ field. You can use any alphanumerical

characters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z) if you select ‘ASCII’ key

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format, and if you select ‘Hex’ as key format, you can use

characters 0-9, a-f, and A-F. You must enter at least one

encryption key here, and if you entered multiple WEP

keys, they should not be the same as each other.

Enable 802.1x

IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every

Authentication (9):

user must use a valid account to login to this wireless

router before accessing the wireless LAN. The

authentication is processed by a RADIUS server. This

mode only authenticates users by IEEE 802.1x, but it

does not encrypt the data during communication. If there

is a RADIUS server in your environment, please enable

this function. Check this box and another sub-menu will

appear:

RADIUS Server

Please input the IP address of radius

IP address (11):

server here

RADIUS Server

Please input the port number of radius

Port (12):

server here.

RADIUS Server

Please input the port number of radius

Password (13):

password here.

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After you finish with WEP settings, please click ‘Apply’ button (10) and the

following message will be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to return to the previous setup menu and continue on

with setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so that settings take

effect (Please wait about 40 seconds for router to reboot).

TIPS: Some examples of WEP key

(Do not use these examples; use one of your own!):

ASCII (5 characters): pilot

phone

23561

2Hyux

#@xmL

ASCII (13 characters): digitalFAMILY

82Jh26xHy3m&n

Hex (10 characters): 287d2aa732

1152dabc85

Hex (26 characters): 9284bcda8427c9e036f7abcd84

To improve security level, do not use words that can be found in a

dictionary or are too easy to remember! (‘pilot’ and ‘phone’ listed

above are bad examples; just intended to show you how a WEP key

looks). Wireless clients will remember the WEP key, so you only have

to input the WEP key on the wireless client once, and it is worth it to

use complicated WEP keys to improve security level.

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8.3.3 Wi

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Fi Protected Access (WPA):

When you select this mode, the wireless router will use WPA encryption and

the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser:

Here are descriptions of each setup item:

WPA Unicast

Please select a type of WPA cipher suite.

Cipher Suite (2):

Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and

WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have to

make sure your wireless client supports the cipher you

selected.

Pre-shared

Select the type of pre-shared key; you

Key Format (3):

can select Passphrase (8 or more alphanumerical

characters, up to 63), or Hex (64 characters of 0-9, and

a-f).

Pre-shared

Please input the WPA passphrase here.

Key (4):

It is not recommended to use a word that can be found in

a dictionary for security reasons.

After you finish with WPA Pre-shared key settings, please click ‘Apply’ button

(5) and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

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Please click ‘Continue’ to return to the previous setup menu and continue with

setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so that settings take

effect (Please wait about 40 seconds for router to reboot).

8.3.4 WPA RADIUS:

If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it to provide safer

wireless authentication.

Here are descriptions of each setup item:

WPA Unicast

Please select a type of WPA cipher suite.

Cipher Suite (2):

Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and

NOTE: Some wireless clients (especially those manufactured before

2003) only support WEP or WPA (TKIP) cipher. A driver upgrade would

be needed for those clients to use WPA and WPA2 encryption.

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