User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Revision History
- Terminology
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Package contents
- 1.2 Product Features
- 2 Installation
- 3 Software configuration
- 3.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router
- 3.2 Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router
- 3.3 Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router
- 3.3.1 Status
- 3.3.2 Setup Wizard
- 3.3.3 Operation Mode
- 3.3.4 Wireless - Basic Settings
- 3.3.5 Wireless - Advanced Settings
- 3.3.6 Wireless - Security Setup
- 3.3.7 Wireless - Access Control
- 3.3.8 WDS Settings
- 3.3.9 Site Survey
- 3.3.10 WPS
- 3.3.11 Schedule
- 3.3.12 LAN Interface Setup
- 3.3.13 WAN Interface Setup
- 3.3.14 Firewall - Port Filtering
- 3.3.15 Firewall - IP Filtering
- 3.3.16 Firewall - MAC Filtering
- 3.3.17 Firewall - Port Forwarding
- 3.3.18 Firewall – URL Filtering
- 3.3.19 Firewall - DMZ
- 3.3.20 QoS
- 3.3.21 Management - Statistics
- 3.3.22 Management - DDNS
- 3.3.23 Management - Time Zone Setting
- 3.3.24 Management – Denial-of-Service
- 3.3.25 Management - Log
- 3.3.26 Management - Upgrade Firmware
- 3.3.27 Management Save/ Reload Settings
- 3.3.28 Management - Password Setup
- 3.3.29 Management – Watchdog Setting
- 4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- 4.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?
- 4.2 What is Wireless LAN?
- 4.3 What are ISM bands?
- 4.4 How does wireless networking work?
- 4.5 What is BSSID?
- 4.6 What is ESSID?
- 4.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference?
- 4.8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?
- 4.9 What is WEP?
- 4.10 What is Fragment Threshold?
- 4.11 What is RTS (Request To Send) Threshold?
- 4.12 What is Beacon Interval?
- 4.13 What is Preamble Type?
- 4.14 What is SSID Broadcast?
- 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?
- 4.16 What is WPA2?
- 4.17 What is 802.1x Authentication?
- 4.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?
- 4.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
- 4.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?
- 4.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?
- 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?
- 4.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?
- 4.24 What is Clone MAC Address?
- 4.25 What is DDNS?
- 4.26 What is NTP Client?
- 4.27 What is VPN?
- 4.28 What is IPSEC?
- 4.29 What is WLAN Block Relay Between Clients?
- 4.30 What is WMM?
- 4.31 What is WLAN ACK TIMOUT?
- 4.32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?
- 4.33 What is Frame Aggregation?
- 4.34 What is Guard Intervals (GI)?
- 5 Configuration Examples
USER’S MANUAL OF WLAN BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 1.0
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WPA-Mixed
Refer to 4.9 What is WEP?
4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?
4.16 What is WPA2?
Use 802.1x
Authentication
While Encryption is selected to be WEP.
Click the check box to enable IEEE 802.1x
authentication function.
Refer to 4.17 What is 802.1x Authentication?
Authentication Type Click to select the authentication type in Open System,
Shared Key or Auto selection.
Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull-down
menu. The length can be chose between 64-bit and
128-bit (known as “WEP2”) keys.
The WEP key is composed of initialization vector (24
bits) and secret key (40-bit or 104-bit).
Key Format Select the WEP shared secret key format from pull-down
menu. The format can be chose between plant text
(ASCII) and hexadecimal (HEX) code.
Encryption Key Secret key of WEP security encryption function.
WPA Authentication
Mode
While Encryption is selected to be WPA.
Click to select the WPA Authentication Mode with
Enterprise (RADIUS) or Personal (Pre-Shared Key).
Refer to 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?
WPA Cipher Suite Select the Cipher Suite for WPA encryption.
4.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?
4.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
WPA2 Cipher Suite Select the Cipher Suite for WPA2 encryption.
Pre-Shared Key Format While Encryption is selected to be WPA.
Select the Pre-shared key format from the pull-down
menu. The format can be Passphrase or Hex (64
characters). [WPA, Personal(Pre-Shared Key) only]
Pre-Shared Key Fill in the key value. [WPA, Personal(Pre-Shared Key)
only]
Enable
Pre-Authentication
Click to enable Pre-Authentication. [WPA2/WPA2
Mixed only, Enterprise only]
Authentication Set the IP address, port and login password information