User's Manual

Wireless Broadband Router User Manual
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Security Mode ：“Security Mode” supplies “None” ,”WEP” ,”WPA SOHO USER” ,”WPA2
SOHO USER”. And ”WPA&WPA2 SOHO USER” five different encryption modes. ”None”
means do not encrypt wireless data.
WEP ：There are two basic levels of WEP encryption, 64 bits and 128 bits, the more bits
password have, the better security wireless network is, at the same time the speed of wireless
is more slower. If you select WEP to encrypt your data, choose the bits of password, it should
be 64 bits or 128 bits. Then choose the format of password; it should be HEX or ASCII. The
valid character for HEX format should be numbers from 0 to 9 or letters from A to F. HEX
doesn’t support mixed letter and number mode. And ASCII supports mixed both letters and
numbers. By default, router provides four fields to input four groups of password, you can
input all of them or only one of them, and the client ‘s password only need to match one group
of password.
WPA SOHO USER：You can select the algorithm you want to use, TKIP or AES. TKIP means
“Temporal Key Integrity Protocol”, which incorporates Message Integrity Code (MIC) to
provide protection against hackers. AES, means “Advanced Encryption System”, which
utilizes a symmetric 128-Bit block data encryption. You can set key renewal time in the “Key
Renewal” field.
WPA2 SOHO USER: The WPA2 SOHO USER is similar to WPA SOHO USER and with
stronger encryption method than WPA SOHO USER , using WPA2 SOHO USER; you should
input password (leave this value in the range of 8 to 63 characters) and key renewal time
(leave this value in the range of 60 to 86400 seconds).
WPA&WPA2 SOHO USER: This item mixed WPA SOHO USER and WPA2 SOHO USER
mode, which provides higher security level; you can configure it according with WPA SOHO
USER or WPA2 SOHO USER.
z Host Filter: You can filter wireless users by enabling this function; thus unauthorized
users can not access the network. To disable “Wireless Host Filter”, keep the default
setting “Disable”. To enable “Wireless Host Filter”, follow these steps to set “Wireless
Host Filter”.