User Manual

3. Configuration

AirLive N450R User’s Manual

6. SSID Broadcast

The router will broadcast beacons that have some information, including SSID so that

wireless clients can know how many AP devices by scanning the network. Therefore, if

this setting is configured as “Disable”, the wireless clients can not find the device from

beacons.

7. Wireless Mode

Choose “A/N mixed”, “A only”, “N only”. The factory default setting is “A/N mixed”.

8. Authentication

You may select one of authentication to secure your wireless network: Open Shared,

Auto, WPA-PSK, WPA, WPA2-PSK, WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK, or WPA /WPA2.

(A) Open

Open system authentication simply consists of two communications. The first is an

authentication request by the client that contains the station ID (typically the MAC

address). This is followed by an authentication response from the AP/router containing a

success or failure message. An example of when a failure may occur is if the client's MAC

address is explicitly excluded in the AP/router configuration.

(B) Shared

Shared key authentication relies on the fact that both stations taking part in the

authentication process have the same "shared" key or passphrase. The shared key is

manually set on both the client station and the AP/router. Three types of shared key

authentication are available today for home or small office WLAN environments.

The AP will Select the Open or Shared by the client’s request automatically.

(D) WPA-PSK

Select Encryption and Pre-share Key Mode, if you select HEX, you have to fill in 64

hexadecimal (0, 1, 2…8, 9, A, B…F) digits. If you select ASCII, the length of pre-share key

is from 8 to 63. Fill in the key (e.g. 12345678)

(E) WPA

Check Box was used to switch the function of the WPA. When the WPA function is

enabled, the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network

service. RADIUS Server IP address or the 802.1X server’s domain-name. Select

Encryption and RADIUS Shared Key.

n If you select HEX, you have to fill in 64 hexadecimal (0, 1, 2…8, 9, A, B…F) digits.

n If you select ASCII, the length of pre-share key is from 8 to 63.Key value shared

by the RADIUS server and this router. This key value is consistent with the key

value in the RADIUS server.

(F) WPA-PSK2

WPA-PSK2 user AES and TKIP for Same the encryption, the others are same the

WPA-PSK.

(G) WPA2

WPA2 add uses AES and TKIP for encryption, the others are same the WPA.