EchoLife BM635
User Guide
3 Configuring Basic Functions
Issue 01 (2008-06-15)
Huawei Proprietary and Confidential
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
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Maximum
Associate Device
Number
It indicates the maximum number of wireless devices to be
connected. The value ranges from 1 to 32.
SSID Enable
It indicates whether to enable SSID device access.
Hide Broadcast
It indicates whether to enable SSID broadcast.
Note:
SSID = service set identifier
3.1.2 Configuring WLAN Security Parameters
In the
WLAN
tab
,
Security Configure
provides four security modes: wired equivalent
privacy (
WEP
), Wi-Fi protected access pre-shared key (
WPA-PSK
), Wi-Fi protected
access 2 (
WPA2-PSK
), and
Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK
.
You can select one of the following according to the network configuration:
z
WEP
: It indicates that the data transmitted wirelessly is encrypted according to the
set encryption parameters.
z
WPA-PSK
: It indicates the simplified WPA authentication mode. The special
authentication server is not required. To encrypt data, enter the secret key only.
z
WPA2-PSK
: It indicates the simplified WPA2 authentication mode. It supports the
IEEE 802.11i Wi-Fi standard.
z
Mixed
WPA2/WPA-PSK
: It indicates that support both WPA-PSK and
WPA2-PSK authentication mode.
No matter which security mode you select, ensure that the setting of the security mode
parameter of the wireless access device is consistent with that of the security mode parameter
of the BM635.
Configuring the WEP Security Mode
Parameter
Description
WEP Encryption
It indicates whether to enable the WEP encryption.
z
Enable
: It indicates that the shared authentication mode based
on WEP encryption is enabled. All the data transmitted over
the wireless LAN is encrypted according to the encryption
parameters defined by users.
z
Disable
: It indicates that the open authentication mode
without encryption is enabled. All the data transmitted over
the wireless LAN is not encrypted.
Encryption key
Length
It indicates the length of the encryption key.
