User`s guide

34 MM2211 Wireless Broadband Gateway User’s Guide 8000013, December 2006

Configuring the Wireless Interface

8. When you are finished, click Update to save these settings.

9. Choose the security option—either Disable, WEP, WPA-PSK or 802.1x.The security configuration

procedure will depend on the option you select.

Configuring the WAN SSID With No Security

Choose Disabled as the security setting then just click Update. If a notification that rebooting is required,

follow the instructions.

Configuring the WAN SSID With WEP Security

1. Select WEP in the WAN Security drop-down menu.

2. Click the Edit Security Settings button.The WEP Configuration window of Figure 14 appears.

Country Code Sets your country or region code. Selecting the incorrect country or

region may result in violation of applicable law. The selectable

countries or regions are United States, Europe, Hong Kong, and

Japan.

OTE – For MM2211 Gateways shipped in the United States, the

country code cannot be modified. The country code is pre-defined

for United States only.

Advanced Settings This button provides access to the advanced wireless settings.

Advanced wireless settings are for advanced configuration or testing

purposes only.

Changing the advanced settings may negatively affect the operation

of the MM2211 Gateway and is not recommended.

Security The wireless security options are:

• Disabled: This setting disables all encryption, so traffic is sent

in the clear. This setting is not recommended.

• WEP: This setting enables Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP

Shared Key authentication and WEP data encryption provides

sufficient security in most cases.

• WPA-PSK: Wi-Fi Protected Access, Pre-Shared Key

(WPA-PSK). Each packet of information is encrypted with a

different key. Provides very strong security, but may not be

supported on older systems.

• WPA-802.1X: Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) using

Tunneled Transport Layer Security (TTLS).

Edit Security Setting Click this button to edit the security setting of WEP keys or the

WPA-PSK passphrase.

Table 8—Wireless Interface Configuration (Continued)

Field Description