GN-B49G High-Speed Wireless Broadband Router
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The SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the name of your wireless
network. The SSID is up to 32 ASCII characters in length and
case sensitive (i.e. Letters in upper case “
A~Z
” and lower
case “
a~z
” are unique). The default SSID is “
GIGABYTE
”. To
change the SSID, type in the SSID you want to use in the
SSID field and click
Submit
. If you make a change to the
SSID, any wireless devices on your network must also be
reconfigured to connect to the new network name.
Rate
Select a wireless data transmission rate from the drop- down
list. The default setting
auto/best
automatically detects and
sets the optimum transmission rate.
Hidden SSID
For security purposes, you may choose to hide your
network’s SSID by selecting
enable
from the drop-down list.
This will prevent computers scanning for the presence of
wireless networks to detect your network name. The default
setting is
disable
.
Authentication Type
Select an authentication type from the drop-down list. The
default setting is
Open System
.
Open System: The sender and the receiver do NOT share a
secret key. Each party generates its own key-pair and asks
the receiver to accept a randomly generated key. Once
accepted, this key will only be used for a short period of time.
Afterwards, a new key will be generated and agreed upon.
Shared Key: Authentication is based upon a secret key
shared by both the sender and the receiver. If
Shared Key
is
selected, you cannot choose the WEP
disable
option.
WPA Pre-shared key:, The WPA Pre-shared Key
authentication standard uses a password or “ key” between 8
and 32 characters. This encryption key is changed after
every dialog box using the Temporary Key Integrity Protocol
(TKIP), which allows users to change keys based on dialog
box and automatically synchronize keys between devices on
the network. The TKIP encryption algorithm is stricter than
the one used by WEP but is based on the same standard.
WPA: The 802.1x authentication protocol, allows users to
authenticate wireless network access through a RADIUS
Server and is a required by WPA standard. If no RADIUS