User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- FCC
- Terminology
- Introduction
- Installation
- Software configuration
- Prepare your PC to configure the WLAN Broadband Router
- Connect to the WLAN Broadband Router
- Management and configuration on the WLAN Broadband Router
- Status
- Setup Wizard
- Operation Mode
- Wireless - Basic Settings
- Wireless - Advanced Settings
- Wireless - Security Setup
- Wireless - Access Control
- WDS Settings
- Site Survey
- WPS
- LAN Interface Setup
- WAN Interface Setup
- Firewall - Port Filtering
- Firewall - IP Filtering
- Firewall - MAC Filtering
- Firewall - Port Forwarding
- Firewall - URL Filtering
- Firewall - DMZ
- Management - Statistics
- Management - DDNS
- Management - Time Zone Setting
- Management - Denial-of-Service
- Management - Log
- Management - Upgrade Firmware
- Management - Save/ Reload Settings
- Management - Password Setup
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
- What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?
- What is Wireless LAN?
- What are ISM bands?
- How does wireless networking work?
- What is BSSID?
- What is ESSID?
- What are potential factors that may causes interference?
- What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?
- What is WEP?
- What is Fragment Threshold?
- What is RTS (Request To Send) Threshold?
- What is Beacon Interval?
- What is Preamble Type?
- What is SSID Broadcast?
- What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?
- What is WPA2?
- What is 802.1x Authentication?
- What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?
- What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
- What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?
- What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?
- What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?
- What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?
- What is Clone MAC Address?
- What is DDNS?
- What is NTP Client?
- What is VPN?
- What is IPSEC?
- What is WLAN Block Relay Between Clients?
- What is WMM?
- What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT?
- What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?
- What is Frame Aggregation?
- What is Guard Intervals (GI)?
- Configuration examples
Software configuration
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Item
Description
Select SSID
Select the SSID from multiple APs.
Encryption
Select the encryption supported over wireless access. The
encryption method can be None, WEP, WPA, WPA2 or
WPA-Mixed.
Use 802.1x
Authentication
While Encryption is selected to be WEP. Click the check box
to enable IEEE 802.1x authentication function.
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).
WPA Cipher Suite
Select the Cipher Suite for WPA encryption.
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
RADIUS Server
Set the IP address, port and login password information of
authentication RADIUS sever.
Apply Changes
Click the Apply Changes button to complete the new
configuration setting.
Reset
Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the
previous configuration setting.
WEP encryption key (secret key) length:
Format
Length