User's Manual

Chapter 4
Advanced Configuration
11
Wireless-N ADSL2+ Gateway
Con
f
igure your wireless network by adding your Wi-Fi
Protecte
d
Setup-supporte
d
d
evices one at a time, using
t
h
e appropriate met
h
o
d
l
iste
d
b
e
l
ow:
T
h
e
d
e
v
i
ce
h
as a
W
i
-
F
i
Protecte
d
Setup
b
utto
n
P
ress
t
h
e Wi-Fi Protecte
d
Setup
b
utton, t
h
en c
l
ic
k
t
h
e Wi-Fi
Protecte
d
Setup
b
utton on t
h
e screen. Searc
h
ing..
.
i
s
displayed while the Gateway searches
f
or your device.
T
h
e
d
e
v
i
ce
h
as a
W
i
-
F
i
Protecte
d
Setup PIN
num
b
e
r
Enter the PIN number in the
f
ield provided
on t
h
e screen
.
T
h
e
d
e
v
i
ce asks
f
or the Gateway’s PIN number
E
nter
t
h
e PIN num
b
er
d
isp
l
aye
d
on t
h
e screen
.
C
l
ic
k
S
ave
S
et
t
i
ngs
to app
l
y your c
h
anges, or c
l
ic
k
Cance
l
C
h
anges to cance
l
your c
h
anges
.
Wire
l
ess > Wire
l
ess Securit
y
T
h
e Wire
l
es
s
Security
screen configures the security of
y
your wire
l
ess networ
k
(s). T
h
e supporte
d
wire
l
ess security
mo
d
es are WPA2-Persona
l
, WPA-Persona
l
, WPA2-Mixe
d
,
WPA2-Enterprise, WPA-Enterprise, RADIUS, an
d
WEP. W
P
A
(Wi-Fi Protecte
d
Access), is a security stan
d
ar
d
stronger
t
h
an WEP (Wire
d
Equiva
l
ent Privacy) encryption. WPA2
is a more advanced
,
more secure version o
f
WPA. WPA-
Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, an
d
RADIUS use a RADIUS
(Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server
f
or
authentication. For detailed instructions on con
f
iguring
wireless security on the Gateway, re
f
er to “Chapter 2:
Wire
l
ess Security”
.
Wire
l
ess Securit
y
Security Mode Select the security method
f
or your
wire
l
ess networ
k
. Procee
d
to t
h
e appropriate instructions.
I
f
you do not want to use wireless security, keep the
de
f
ault,
D
i
sa
bl
e
d
.
N
O
TE
:
I
f
you use wireless security, remember
t
h
at eac
h
d
evice in your wire
l
ess networ
k
MUS
T
use t
h
e same security met
h
o
d
an
d
settings, or
e
l
se t
h
e wire
l
ess
d
evices cannot communicate.
WPA2-Persona
l
(
Recommen
d
e
d)
Security Mo
d
e > WPA2-Persona
l
•
•
•
E
ncrypt
i
on
T
h
e met
h
o
d
is TKIP or AE
S
.
Pre-S
h
are
d
Ke
y
Enter a key o
f
8 to 63 characters.
Key Renewa
l
Enter how o
f
ten the Gateway should
change encryption keys. The de
f
ault is
3
6
00
secon
d
s
.
WPA-Persona
l
(
WPA2-Persona
l
recommen
d
e
d)
Security Mo
d
e > WPA-Persona
l
E
ncrypt
i
on
T
h
e met
h
o
d
is TKIP or AE
S
.
Pre-S
h
are
d
Ke
y
Enter a key o
f
8 to 63 characters.
Key Renewa
l
Enter a Key Renewa
l
perio
d
, w
h
ic
h
instructs
the Gateway how o
f
ten it should change the encryption
keys. The de
f
ault is
3
6
00
secon
d
s
.
WPA2-Mixe
d
T
h
is option a
ll
ows c
l
ients to use EITHER WPA-Persona
l
OR
WPA2-P
e
r
so
n
al.
Security Mo
d
e > WPA2-Mixe
d
E
ncrypt
i
on
T
h
e met
h
o
d
is TKIP or AE
S
.
Pre-S
h
are
d
Ke
y
Enter a key o
f
8 to 63 characters.
Key Renewa
l
Enter a Key Renewa
l
perio
d
, w
h
ic
h
instructs
the Gateway how o
f
ten it should change the encryption
keys. The de
f
ault is
3
6
00
secon
d
s
.
W
P
A2-Enterpris
e
WPA2-Enterprise
f
eatures WPA2 used with a RADIUS
server. (T
h
is met
h
o
d
s
h
ou
ld
on
l
y
b
e use
d
w
h
en t
h
e
d
evice
is connecte
d
to a RADIUS server.)