User Manual
Table Of Contents
- NBG-418N v2
- User’s Guide
- Introduction
- The Web Configurator
- Connection Wizard
- Modes
- Tutorials
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 How to Connect to the Internet from an AP
- 5.3 Configure Wireless Security Using WPS on both your NBG-418N v2 and Wireless Client
- 5.4 Enable and Configure Wireless Security without WPS on your NBG-418N v2
- 5.5 Using Multiple SSIDs on the NBG-418N v2
- 5.6 Installing UPnP in Windows 7 Example
- 5.7 Using Bandwidth Management on the NBG-418N v2
- Technical Reference
- Wireless LAN
- WAN
- LAN
- DHCP Server
- Network Address Translation
- Dynamic DNS
- Static Route
- Firewall
- Content Filter
- Remote Management
- Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP)
- Bandwidth MGMT
- System
- Logs
- Tools
- Sys OP Mode
- Language
- Troubleshooting
- Customer Support
- IP Addresses and Subnetting
- Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions
- Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address
- Wireless LANs
- Common Services
- Legal Information
- Index
Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
NBG-418N v2 User’s Guide
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See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.
6.4.1 No Se c urity
Select No ne to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any data
encryption.
Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your NBG-418N v2, your network is
accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.
WLAN AP
Information /
Wireless Setup
Use this section to configure the wireless settings between the NBG-418N v2and its wireless clients.
Enable Wireless
LAN
Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.
802.11 Mode Click the drop-down list to choose the 802.11 mode you want to operate.
Name(SSID) (Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless station is associated.
Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must have the same SSID. Enter a
descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.
Enable SSID
Broadcast
Select the Ena ble SSID Bro a dc a st check box to enable the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so
a station cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
Channel
Selection
Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box. The options vary depending on the frequency
band and the country you are in.
Refer to the
Connection Wizard chapter for more information on channels. This option is only
available if Auto Cha nne l Se le c tion is disabled.
Operating
Channel
This displays the channel the NBG-418N v2 is currently using.
Channel Width Select whether the NBG-418N v2 uses a wireless channel width of 20MHz, 40MHz or Auto 20/
40MHz. A standard 20MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps whereas a 40MHz
channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds of up to 300 Mbps. Because not all
devices support 40MHz channels, select Auto 20/ 40MHz to allow the NBG-418N v2 to adjust the
channel bandwidth automatically.
Security Use this section to configure the wireless security between the NBG-418N v2 and its wireless
clients.
Security Mode Select WEP, WPA- PSK(TKIP), WPA-PSK(AES), WPA2- PSK(TKIP), WPA2- PSK(AES) or WPA- PSK/ WPA2-
PSK AES to add security on this wireless network. The wireless clients which want to associate to
this network must have same wireless security settings as this device. After you select to use a
security, additional options appears in this screen. See
6.4.2 and 6.4.3 sections. Or you can select
None to allow any client to associate this network without authentication.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG-418N v2.
Reset Click Re se t to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
Table 19 Network > Wireless LAN > General (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION