How Do I Configure My DOCSIS Residential Gateway?

Field Name

Description

 

Network

Network Authentication allows only authorized users to

Authentication

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:

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Primary Network

WPA

WPA-PSK

WPA2

WPA2-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/WPA2

Allows you to select a WPA/WPA2 security method. The

Encryption

factory default security is WPA-PSK.

 

ƒ TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) data

 

encryption is automatically enabled when WPA and

 

WPA-PSK network authentication is enabled. (factory

 

default)

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AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)

TKIP-AES

Note: Select TKIP-AES only if your client adapter supports this mode. Contact your service provider for assistance.

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