User's Guide
Table Of Contents
WirelessSettings
Thissectionallowsuserstoconfigureallwirelesssettingsoftherouter.Allowsyoutoset
thewirelessconfigurationitems.
WirelessModule:Youcanenable ordisablewirelessfunction.
NetworkID(SSID): NetworkIDisused for identifyingtheWireless LAN(WLAN). Client
stations can roam freely over this device and other Access Points that have the same
NetworkID.(Thefactorydefaultsettingis“default”)
SSID Broadcast: The router will broadcast beacons that have some information,
including SSID so thatwireless clientscan know how manyAPdevices by scanning the
network.Therefore,ifthissettingisconfiguredas“Disable”,thewirelessclientscannot
findthedevicefrombeacons.
Channel:Theradiochannelnumber.ThepermissiblechannelsdependontheRegulatory
Domain. The factory default setting is as follow: channel 1~11 for North America.
(Channel1~13forEuropean(ETSI);channel1~14forJapan).
Wireless Mode: Choose “B/G mixed”, “B only”, “G only”, “N only”, “G/N mixed” or
“B/G/Nmixed”.Thefactorydefaultsettingis“B/G/Nmixed”.
Authentication mode: You may select one of authentication to secure your wireless
network:OpenShared,Auto,WPA‐PSK,WPA,WPA2‐PSK,WPA2,WPA‐PSK/WPA2‐PSK,or
WPA/WPA2.
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
containingasuccessorfailuremessage.Anexampleofwhenafailuremayoccurisif
theclient'sMACaddressisexplicitlyexcludedintheAP/routerconfiguration.
Shared
Shared key authentication relies on the fact that both stations taking part in the
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