Hawking Technology Wireless-G Router manual Common Connection Types, Cable Modems

Advanced Administration

WEP is a basic wireless security setting. It is not full proof and may be hacked into by experi- enced hackers. For WEP there are two types of security keys 64-bit and 128-bit. The higher the number the more secure. You will have to input the corresponding key (10 digit hex key) for 64- Bit and (28-digit hex key) for 128-Bit.

WPA WiFi Protected Access

WPA is a more advnaced standard of security. WPA2 is a newer version of WPA. WPA gives you a choice of two encryption methods: TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES (Advanced Encryption System). You simply enter in a passphrase which will be converted to a valid encryption key that will be used throughout your system. Hawking recommends that WPA be used within your network for tighter security.

Note that implementing encryption may have a slight negative effect on your network’s per- formance.

Common Connection Types

Cable Modems

Type	Details	ISP Data required
Dynamic	Your IP Address is allocated	Usually, none.
IP Address	automatically, when you	However, some ISP's may
	connect to you ISP.
		require you to use a particular
		Hostname, Domain name, or
		MAC (physical) address.
Static (Fixed)	Your ISP allocates a per-	IP Address allocated to you.
IP Address	manent IP Address to you.	Some ISP's may also require
		you to use a particular Host-
		name, Domain name, or MAC