How Do I Configure the Cable Modem Gateway?

Field Name

Description

Network

Network Authentication allows only authorized

Authentication

users to gain access to your wireless network. Only

 

users with an authorized user name, password, or

 

pre-shared key are allowed access to the wireless

 

network.

 

Select from the following Network Authentication

 

protocols:

 

ƒ

Disabled (factory default)

 

ƒ

802.1x

 

ƒ

WPA

 

ƒ

WPA-PSK

 

Note: Network Authentication restricts access to

 

your wireless network to only authorized computers

 

or users. Authentication does not protect the data

 

you send over the wireless network connection. You

 

must enable encryption to protect data that is

 

transmitted over your wireless network.

 

 

WPA Pre-Shared Key

Allows you to set a WPA Pre-Shared encryption key.

 

Enter a text string in this field. The text string or

 

phrase is used to generate a unique set of encryption

 

keys for your network. Use this string to set up

 

wireless devices in your network.

 

ƒ The PSK can be either a text string or a 64

 

 

character hexadecimal number.

 

ƒ The text string must be an ASCII character string

 

 

with a minimum of 8 characters but no more

 

 

than 63.

 

Note: Not all wireless adapter devices support PSK.

 

For these devices, you must enter the encryption

 

keys exactly as they appear in the in wireless

 

gateway fields in the preceding illustration of the

 

Setup Wireless Security page.

 

 

WPA Group Rekey

Allows you to set the WPA Group Rekey Interval in

Interval

seconds. This only applies when WPA and WPA-

 

PSK Network Authentication is enabled.

 

Set this value to 0 (factory default) to disable

 

periodic rekeying. The valid range is 1 to

 

4,294,967,295 seconds.

 

 

 

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