User manual SIEMENS GIGASET WLAN REPEATER

[. . . ] EN Dear Customer, Gigaset Communications GmbH is the legal successor to Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co. KG (SHC), which in turn continued the Gigaset business of Siemens AG. Any statements made by Siemens AG or SHC that are found in the user guides should therefore be understood as statements of Gigaset Communications GmbH. Sehr geehrte Kundin, sehr geehrter Kunde, die Gigaset Communications GmbH ist Rechtsnachfolgerin der Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co. [. . . ] You can protect your device and your network against eavesdropping (page 75). You can configure the wireless network and the LAN (page 83). Here you can change the settings for the repeater (page 75, available only in repeater mode). Use this menu to save and restore the configuration settings (see page 93), and also restore factory settings (see page 95). You can use this menu to reboot the device and update the firmware (see page 91). Click on the menu item to open the function you want. 73 Advanced Setup Operating Mode You can operate the Gigaset WLAN Repeater in the following modes: u Repeater u Access Point / Internet access for a PC u Ethernet adapter (infrastructure) / Ethernet adapter (ad hoc) In the factory setting, the Gigaset WLAN Repeater is configured as a repeater. You can find more information about the operating modes in the section on "Possible uses" on page 5. ì On the Advanced Setup page, select the menu item Operating Mode. This opens the Operating Mode screen. ì Click on the selection menu to change the mode. ì From the selection menu, choose the mode you want to use. ì Click on OK. You are now prompted to confirm the restarting of the device. Please remember: u Bear in mind that changing to Ethernet adapter (infrastructure) and Ethernet adapter (ad hoc) modes switches off the DHCP server of your Gigaset WLAN Repeater. To continue configuration after switching to one of these modes, you have to connect your PC to your Gigaset WLAN Repeater via a LAN cable and then select an IP address from the address block of the Gigaset WLAN Repeater in the network settings of your network card (see also page 32). u Further information on configuring the various modes can be found in Chapter "Basic setup" on page 43. 74 Advanced Setup Security You can provide comprehensive protection for your Gigaset WLAN Repeater and the connected PCs against unauthorised access within your local network and from outside from the Internet. The Security menu offers the following functions: We recommend the following settings for the best possible protection of your wireless network: u In Repeater mode: change the system password, activate WEP u In Access point mode: change the system password, activate MAC filter and WPA u In Ethernet adapter (infrastructure) or Ethernet adapter (ad hoc) mode: change the system password, activate WEP System Password After installation, your Gigaset WLAN Repeater configuration is protected with the default password admin. To prevent unauthorised changes to the configuration, you should set a password and change this password from time to time. ì In the Security menu, click on System Password. 75 Advanced Setup ì Enter the current password in the Current password box. The factory setting is admin. ì Enter a password in the New password box and repeat it in the box underneath. The password may contain up to 12 characters. Avoid proper names and all too obvious words. Use a combination of letters, numbers and special characters. Please remember: If you ever forget the password you will have to reset your Gigaset WLAN Repeater to the factory settings using the reset button (see page 102). Please bear in mind that this will restore all the settings to the factory configuration. The password will then be admin. ì Check the value in Idle time out. Here you can define when the configuration session should be automatically terminated if no more entries are made. For security reasons you should enter a smaller value. Please remember: If you enter 0 the session will never be cut automatically. Then you will have to close the session by clicking on Logout. ì Click on OK to apply the settings. 76 Advanced Setup Security settings for a wireless local network You can provide comprehensive protection for your Gigaset WLAN Repeater and the connected PCs against unauthorised access within your local network and from outside from the Internet. The Security menu offers the following functions: u WEP encryption (see below) The following options are also available (only Access point mode): u Access control via MAC filters (see page 79) u WPA encryption (see page 80) u Authentication via RADIUS server (see page 81) The options you can use depend on what your network supports. More information can be found in the corresponding sections. WEP encryption To activate WEP encryption on your wireless network components: If you are operating your Gigaset WLAN Repeater as an Access Point: 1. [. . . ] 62 network adapter mode (infrastructure) . 12 Layer Two Tunnelling Protocol, see L2TP Lease time . 117 Local IP address, see Private IP address Log . 83 O Obtain an IP address automatically Windows 2000 . [. . . ]