Linksys WAP4410N, User Manual

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The Wireless - Wireless Security Tab
Configuring the Wireless-N Access Point
any keyboard character. Make sure this setting is the same for all devices in your wireless
network. The default SSID name is
linksys-n .
• SSID Broadcast —This option allows the SSID to be broadcast on your network. You
may want to enable this function while configuring your network, but make sure that
you disable it when you are finished. With this enabled, someone could easily obtain the
SSID information with site survey software or Windows XP and gain unauthorized
access to your network. Click
Enabled to broadcast the SSID to all wireless devices in
range. Click Disabled to increase network security and prevent the SSID from being
seen on networked PCs. The default is Enabled in order to help users configure their
network before use.
Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click
Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side
of the screen, and click More for additional details.
The Wireless - Wireless Security Tab
Change the Access Point’s wireless security settings on this screen.
Wireless Security
• Select SSID —Select the desired SSID from the drop-down list.
• Wireless Isolation (between SSID) —When enabled, wireless clients using different
SSIDs are isolated from each other.
• Security Mode —Select the wireless security mode you want to use, WPA-Personal ,
WPA2-Personal , WPA2-Personal Mixed , WPA-Enterprise , WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-
Enterprise Mixed , Radius , or WEP . (WPA stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access, which is a
security standard stronger than WEP encryption and forward compatible with IEEE
802.11e. WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, Enterprise refers to using RADIUS
server for authentication, while RADIUS stands for Remote Authentication Dial-In User
Service.) Refer to the appropriate instructions below after you select the Authentication
Type and SSID Interoperability settings. For detailed instructions on configuring wireless