EchoLife HG556 Home Gateway
User Guide
Wireless Services
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Wireless Services
7.1 In
on your PC, you only need to
activate the wireless network function on the HG556.
7.2 W
1 lists the configuration information to be collected before configuring wireless
service.
Table 7-1
Configuration info
cted before configuring wireless service
troduction
The HG556 supports 802.11n and provides wireless networking and interconnection at
home. To access the WLAN through the wireless data card
ireless Service Configuration
Table 7-
rmation to be colle
Item
Description
SSID
Indicates the ID of a service area in the wireless network.
The initial value is provided by the service provider.
Security
n
z
z
z
It is used to enable or disable the network authenticatio
function.
z
Open
: Any wireless device can access the WLAN.
Shared
: The simplified Shared authentication mode.
The HG552 encrypts all the communications by using
the WEP key.
WPA-PSK
: The simplified WPA authentication mode.
The HG552 encrypts all the communications by using
the WPA pre-shared key.
WPA2-PSK
: The simplified WPA2 authentication
mode. The HG552 encrypts all the communications by
using the WPA2 pre-shared key.
z
Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK
: The mixed authentication
mode of WPA2-PSK and WPA-PSK.
WPS
,
only the first SSID provides the WPS function.
It is used to specify whether to enable the WPS function
