Specifications

Configure Wireless Settings
24 Cox Business Internet Gateway Admin Guide
Section
Field Description
Guest Network Settings
Network Name (SSID). The name of the network that you want
to configure
Security Mode. Select the level of security that you want to
apply to the network that you selected from the Network Name
(SSID) drop-down list.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security protocol for
wireless networks that encrypts transmitted data. Without any
security your data can be intercepted without difficulty. Note:
WEP is a well known compromised security and should not be
used.
WEP has three settings: Off (no security), 64-bit (weak security),
128-bit (a bit better security). WEP is not difficult to crack, and
using it reduces performance slightly.
If you run a network with only the default security, where WEP is
turned off, others can immediately log on to your network and
use your Internet connection.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) replaces WEP with a protocol
that is — given current technology — impossible to crack.
DHCP Server. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is
a networking protocol that is used by servers on an IP network
to allocate IP addresses to computers. The purpose of DHCP is
to automate the IP address configuration of a computer without
a network administrator.
IP Address. An IP address is assigned to a computer for a set
interval, after which, the computer must renew the IP address or
acquire a new one. In this field, enter the IP address of the
DHCP server.
Subnet Mask. A mask is used to determine what subnet an IP
address belongs to. An IP address has two components, the
network address and the host address. For example, the first
two numbers (150.215) in the IP address 150.215.017.009
represent the network address, and the second two numbers
(017.009) identify a particular host on this network.
Subnetting enables the network administrator to further divide
the host part of the address into two or more subnets.
Lease Pool Start. The first IP address in the scope of
addresses that you will use for the DHCP server. After a DHCP
scope is established changes in the number of nodes that
require DHCP leases may change over time.
Lease Pool End. The last IP address in the pool of addresses
that you use for the DHCP server. a certain address pool and
determine that the address pool range needs to be increased,
you can simply delete the scope and recreate it. Deletion of the
scope will.
Lease Time. The amount of time that the scope of leased IP
addresses are valid until they expire. The value can be hours,
days, weeks, months, etc.