User's Manual

ADSL Router User Manual
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5. Set WPS AP mode as configured and click Save/Apply.
6.Now you can use a wireless adaptor with WPS function and the WPS button to
connect to access the Internet.
7. To configure security features for the Wireless interface, please open Security
item from Wireless menu. This web page offers nine authentication protocols for user
to secure user’s data while connecting to networks. There are four selections
including Open, Shared, 802.1X,WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, Mixed
WPA-WPA2, Mixed WPA-WPA2-PSK. Different item leads different web page
settings. Please read the following information carefully.
The wireless security page allows user to configure the security features of user’s
wireless network.
There are several security methods to choose from, depending on user’s needs and
the capabilities of user’s wireless machines.
 WEP open and WEP shared —WEP is an encryption scheme that is used
to protect user’s wireless data communications. WEP uses a combination
of 64-bit keys or 128-bit keys to provide access control to user’s network
and encryption security for every data transmission. To decode a data
transmission, each wireless client on the network must use an identical
64-bit or 128-bit key. WEP is an older wireless encryption method that is
not as hard to break as the more-recent WPA.
 802.1x — In 802.1x (also known as RADIUS), a separate machine called an