User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introducing the 802.11a/g Router
- Installing the 802.11a/g Router
- What’s in the Box?
- A physical look at the back panel
- A physical look at the front panel
- Connecting the Cables
- High Level Configuration Steps Required for the 802.11a/g Router
- Setting up a Windows PC or wireless client as DHCP clients
- Configuring a PC running MS-Windows 95/98/Me:
- Configuring a PC running MS-Windows XP/2000:
- Confirming your PC’s IP Configuration:
- Connecting More Devices Through A Switch/Hub To The 802.11a/g Router
- Basic Configuration of the 802.11a/g Router
- Advanced Settings
- Managing your 802.11a/g Router
- How to View the device Status
- How to View the System Log
- Security Log
- DHCP Client Table
- Wireless Client Table
- Bridge Table
- WAN Status
- LAN Status
- Upgrading Firmware
- How to Save or Restore Configuration Changes
- How to Restore the System Settings to the Factory Defaults
- How to Reboot your 802.11a/g Router
- What if you Forgot the Password?
- Command Line Interface
- Text Configuration
- Specification
802.11a/g Router User’s Guide
Key Index: You have to specify which of the four keys will be active.
Please note that some Wireless Client Cards allow hexadecimal characters only.
802.1x
IEEE 802.1x is an IEEE standard which is based on a framework that involves stations to be
authenticated (called Supplicant), an authentication server (a RADIUS Server) that provides
authentication services, and an authenticator that provides necessary translation and mediating
functions between the authentication server and stations to be authenticated, in this case your
802.11a/g Router.
During EAP authentication, the 802.11a/g Router relays authentication messages between the
RADIUS server and clients being authenticated.
802.1x allows users to leverage a RADIUS server to do association authentications. You can also
enable dynamic WEP keys (64, 128, 152-bit) to have data encryption. Then you do not have to enter
the WEP key manually because it will be generated automatically and dynamically.
Note: After you have finished the configuration wizard, you have to configure the Radius Settings in
Advanced Settings in order to make the 802.1x function work.
WPA-PSK
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) with Pre-Shared Key (PSK) provides better security than WEP keys. It
does not require a RADIUS server in order to provide association authentication, but you do have to
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