Click Enable Wireless Access to enable the wireless function of the gateway.
SSID. (Service Set Identifier.) The SSID is the network name shared among all points in the wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all points in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters (use any characters on the keyboard).
Hide SSID. The gateway will not broadcast the SSID, neither allows the SSID Any connecting to it. Hiding the SSID makes your wireless network more secured, unless the wireless user knows the SSID in advance, otherwise they cannot connect to the gateway. (Some old wireless LAN cards do not support this function. Please contact your wireless card vendor for new firmware.)
Channel. Select an appropriate channel from the list. All devices in your wireless network must be set to the same channel.
Region. Select the region of your area.
Operation Mode. There are four operation modes Auto, 108Mbps only, 802.11b/g and 802.11b only. When in Auto mode, you can use either Super G (108Mbps) wireless network interface cards or regular 802.11g wireless network interface cards connect to the gateway. If all wireless clients are using Super G, the gateway will serve the clients at the speed 108Mbps. If one or more of the clients use 802.11g or 802.11b connecting to the gateway, the gateway will be in 802.11b/g mixed mode. 108Mbps only, the channel will be fixed at 6, the regular 802.11g and 802.11b clients cannot connect to the gateway when in this mode. The default value is in 802.11b/g mixed mode, you can use both 802.11b and 802.11g’s wireless network interface card to connect to the gateway. If you want to support only 802.11b, choose 802.11b only.
Enable Wireless Access List. Check the box to enable the wireless access control list. Only users in the access list can connect to the wireless network when enabled. Click Setup Access List to configure the list.
WEP Security. It is strongly recommended to use one of the Wireless Security modes to protect your local network. Otherwise the data might be stolen from your network easily if any other can get your wireless signals. The gateway supports four different types of security modes for your network.
WEP (Wire Equivalence Protection) encryption
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) Pre-Shared key
WPA RADIUS (Remote Access Dial In User Service)
802.1x RADIUS
WEP. There three levels of WEP encryption, 64-bit, 128-bit and 152-bit. The higher the encryption bit, the more secure your network, however, speed is sacrificed at higher bit levels. To utilize WEP, select the desired encryption bit, and enter a passphrase then click generate. You might enter the WEP key in HEX or ASCII form.
WPA Pre-Shared Key. There are two encryption options for WPA Pre-Shared Key, TKIP and AES. TKIP stands for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. TKIP utilizes a stronger encryption method and incorporates Message Integrity Code (MIC) to provide protection against hackers. AES stands for Advanced Encryption System, which utilizes a symmetric 128-Bit block data encryption. To use WPA Pre-Shared Key, enter a password in the WPA Shared Key field between 8 and 63 characters long. You may also enter a Group Key Renewal time between 0 and 99,999 seconds. The default value is 1800 seconds. When the group key renewal time expired, the gateway will change the wireless secret key automatically to enhance the security of the wireless.
WPA RADIUS. WPA RADIUS uses an external RADIUS server to perform user authentication. To use WPA RADIUS, choose Auto, TKIP or AES for the WPA algorism, enter the IP address of the RADIUS server, the RADIUS Port (default is 1812) and the shared secret from the RADIUS server.
802.1x RADIUS. The 802.1x RADIUS utilizes a RADIUS server for authentication. To utilize RADIUS, enter the IP address of the RADIUS server, the RADIUS Port (default is 1812) and the shared secret from the RADIUS server.