User manual IOGEAR GWA502

[. . . ] Wireless-G Broadband Router User Manual (GWA502) ® ® Welcome Thank you for choosing IOGEAR® to serve your wireless needs. Soon, you will be sharing files or surfing the Internet wirelessly. We hope you will have as much fun using your IOGEAR® Wireless-G Broadband Router, as we had designing it. Rest assured, your IOGEAR® Wireless-G Broadband Router is built rock-solid to ensure maximum up-time for you to stay up-and-running. [. . . ] To delete an IP MAC address field, specify Allow or Deny and click address, click Delete button on the list. Click Delete button will delete a MAC Address. 32 Configuration Utility Wireless Page 33 Configuration Utility SSID & Channel Here is where you may modify the SSID and Channel of your Wireless-G Broadband Router. · SSID (Service Set ID, or Network Name): Enter the name you wish to give your Wireless-G Broadband Router (ex. "JOHN" or "IOGEAR"). Every Wireless Clients (PC card, USB and PCI adaptors) in your network must be configured to accept with the same SSID. · Channel It can be left as Default, unless you plan on using multiple access points. When multiple Wireless Networks presenting, please ensure they are not using the same channel, preferably at least 5 channels apart to each other. · Accept Broadcast SSID By broadcasting SSID, all wireless devices at surrounding area can see your wireless router and easy to associate with it. However, it is a good security practice not to broadcast SSID, just configure SSID info to those client devices you want them to access you network. 34 Configuration Utility Authentication & Encryption It allows you to configure the setting of network authentication and data encryption. · Network Authentication: You can specify the authentication type. - "Both" allows wireless client devices access your router no matter with shared key or not. - "Share Key" only allows devices with same WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key to access your wireless router. - "802. 1X" and "WPA" require you to type in Radius server IP and server key. Please check with your Network Administrator for related information. - "WPA-PSK" needs a pre-shared key to be set on your wireless router and all wireless client devices. 35 Configuration Utility · Encryption: - WEP Configuration Click the drop-down menu to select WEP to enable the WEP function and select 64 bits or 128 bits. The 128 bits gives a higher level of security. The selection must be the same between all connected network devices. For 64-bit WEP key, it should be five ASCII characters (a-z and 0-9, for example: gear56) or ten hexadecimal digits in length (a through f, and 0 through 9, for example: 2af30bc9d5); for 128 bit WEP key, the length will be 13 characters for ASCII or 26 digits for Hexadecimal. WEP keys 1-4 enable you to create an encryption scheme for wireless LAN transmissions. 36 Configuration Utility WPA and WPA-PSK configuration Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a sub-set of the forthcoming IEEE 802. 11i security standard. WPA addresses those known weakness of WEP and provides stronger security to wireless network. IOGEAR Wireless-G Broadband Router supports three authentication modes: · 802. 11x (need RADIUS server to authenticate the clients, using WEP keying) · WPA (same 802. 1x, but with TKIP keying support); WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key, no RADIUS server needed) - WPA-PSK 37 Configuration Utility There are two ways to configure WPA Pre-Shared Key: 1. PassPhrase Mode: Input a phrase into the field. [. . . ] status of the router is divided into four sections: General information, Internet Settings, LAN Settings and Wireless Settings. Click Refresh button to update all information. 60 Configuration Utility Event Log You can view any/all system events sent through your network from this window. Click Refresh button to update the list. 61 Specification 62 Specification 63 Technical Support If you need technical support, please check out our IOGEAR Tech Info Library (T. I. L. ) at www. iogear. com/support for the latest tips, tricks, and troubleshooting. was designed to provide you with the latest technical information about our products. [. . . ]