User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- NETGEAR Wireless N150 Access Point WN604 Reference Manual
- Contents
- About This Manual
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Basic Installation and Configuration
- Chapter 3
- Understanding Security Profiles
- Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
- Configuring Security Manually
- SSID and WEP/WPA Settings Setup Form
- Configuring the RADIUS Server Settings
- Setting up a Security Profile
- Configuring WEP
- Configuring WPA with RADIUS
- Configuring WPA2 with RADIUS
- Configuring WPA and WPA2 with RADIUS
- Configuring WPA-PSK
- Configuring WPA2-PSK
- Configuring WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK
- Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address
- Chapter 4 Management
- Chapter 5 Advanced Configuration
- Chapter 6 Troubleshooting and Debugging
- No lights are lit on the wireless access point.
- The Wireless LAN activity light does not light up.
- The LAN light is not lit.
- I cannot access the Internet or the LAN with a wireless capable computer.
- I cannot connect to the WN604 to configure it.
- When I enter a URL or IP address I get a timeout error.
- Using the Reset Button to Restore Factory Default Settings
- Appendix A Default Settings and Technical Specifications
- Appendix B Related Documents
- Index
NETGEAR Wireless N150 Access Point WN604 Reference Manual
Basic Installation and Configuration 2-3
v1.0, March 2010
There are several ways you can enhance the security of your wireless network:
• Restrict Access Based on MAC address. You can restrict access to only trusted PCs so that
unknown PCs cannot wirelessly connect to the WN604. MAC address filtering adds an
obstacle against unwanted access to your network, but the data broadcast over the wireless link
is fully exposed.
• Turn Off the Broadcast of the Wireless Network Name (SSID). If you disable broadcast of
the SSID, only devices that have the correct SSID can connect. This nullifies the wireless
network “discovery” feature of some products such as Windows XP, Vista and Unix systems
but the data is still fully exposed to a determined snoop using specialized test equipment like
wireless sniffers.
• Use WEP. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption provides data security. WEP
open authentication and WEP data encryption will block all but the most determined
eavesdropper.
• Use WPA or WPA-PSK. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) data encryption provides data
security. The very strong authentication along with dynamic per frame rekeying of WPA make
it virtually impossible to compromise. Because this is a new standard, wireless device driver
and software availability may be limited.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup
You can also use Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) to automatically configure your AP to the best
available security options (see “Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)” on page 3-5).
Installing the WN604 Wireless Access Point
Before installing the NETGEAR Wireless N150 Access Point WN604, you should make sure that
your Ethernet network is up and working. You will be connecting the access point to the Ethernet
network so that computers with 802.11b/g/n wireless adapters will be able to communicate with
computers on the Ethernet network. In order for this to work correctly, verify that you have met all
of the system requirements, shown on “System Requirements” on page 1-5.
Note: WEP and TKIP provide only legacy rates of operation. So, AES is the
recommended solution to use the 802.11n rates and speed.