PW-AN401/PW-AN401D
150M Wireless N Access Point User Guide
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1)
Automatic
- Select
Shared Key
or
Open System
authentication type automatically
based on the wireless station's capability and request.
2)
Shared Key
- Select 802.11
Shared Key
authentication type.
3)
Open System
- Select 802.11
Open System
authentication.
•
WEP Key Format
-
You can select
ASCII
or
Hexadecimal
format. ASCII format stands
for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format
stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length.
•
WEP Key
- Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key
information for your network in the selected key radio button. These values must be
identical on all wireless stations in your network.
•
Key Type
- You can select the WEP key length (
64-bit
, or
128-bit
, or
152-bit
.) for
encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid.
4)
For
64-bit
encryption
-
You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f,
A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters.
5)
For
128-bit
encryption
-
You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f,
A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.
6)
For
152-bit
encryption
-
You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f,
A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 16 ASCII characters.
)
Note:
1. If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have
selected Shared Key as Authentication Type.
2. You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the
Save
button.
4.7.3 Wireless MAC Filtering
Selecting
Wireless
>
Wireless MAC Filtering
will allow you to set up some filtering rules to
control wireless stations accessing the device, which depend on the station’s MAC address on the
following screen as shown Figure 4-20. This function is not available when the operation is set to
Client. As the configuration is the same in each operation mode, here we just take the Access
Point for example.
