Operation Manual

4. Conﬁguring the Wireless LAN

Wireless LAN is deactivated

by default for security

reasons. If you want to

activate the function, go to

the Interface Setup menu and

select the Wireless sub-item.

Note that activating Wireless

LANwithout setting an

encryption poses a serious

security risk.

Access Point:

Switches Wireless LAN on or off. To switch on Wireless LAN, select Activated; to switch it off, select Deactivated.

SSID:

You can enter a clearly identiﬁ able name for your Wireless LAN in this ﬁ eld. The name can have a maximum of 30

characters. Special characters are not supported.

Broadcast SSID (Display WLAN network name):

Here, you can stipulate whether or not your Wireless LAN name should be visible to everyone in the network. The

default setting is Yes.

Channel:

Select the channel you wish to use for your wireless LAN network. In Germany you can choose from channels 1 to

13. Note: You may not be able to select every channel, depending on your location.

Authentication Type (Setting encryption type):

This ﬁ eld is extremely important for the security of your Wireless LAN network. Select the encryption type and

strength. The Hama WLAN ADSL2+ Modem Router supports the following encryption standards:

WEP (64 and 128 Bit)

WPA-PSK (TKIP)

WPA2-PSK (AES)

4.1 WEP encryption:

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a standard encryption algorithm for WLAN. It controls access to the network

and guarantees the integrity of the data. This method is considered unsafe and outdated due to a number of

weaknesses.