User's Manual

Software setup
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Wireless Setting
The Broadband Home Router provides wireless connectivity within a range of several
hundreds feet and acts as a bridge between your wired LAN and wireless PCs. This section
shows you how to configure the wireless LAN setting.
SSID (Service Set Identity): A name that uniquely identifies a domain. All clients that want
to communicate with the Broadband Home Router must have the same SSID as it.
Desired Channel: The frequency in which the radio links are about to be established. Usually
the clients will scan the whole operable channels and then select the desired communications
channel automatically.
Privacy Security
The privacy security function can enhance media security by encryption technology. All
clients must set the same encryption key to maintain the tightened communication with the
Broadband Home Router properly. To turn on the privacy function:
Open System
With open system authentication a wireless PC can join any network and receive any
messages that are not encrypted.
Shared Key
With shared key authentication, only those PCs that possess the correct authentication key can
join the network. By default IEEE 802.11 wireless devices operate in an Open System
network.
Encryption Key
To enable WEP encryption function, select your encryption length as 64-bit or 128-bit. Either
64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys can be generated from user-defined characters or manual entry.
To create with characters, select Char option and then enter the exact same WEP key for each