How Do I Configure My DOCSIS Residential Gateway?

 

Field Name

Description

 

 

WPA Pre-Shared Key

Allows you to set a WPA Pre-Shared 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.

 

 

The factory default security key is the 9-digit serial number

 

 

of the gateway. For example: 20167792. See How Do I

 

 

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the location of the serial number on the label.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

RADIUS Server

Allows you to enter the IP address of the RADIUS server

 

 

used for authentication and encryption key derivation.

 

 

ƒ This field is used with 802.1x and WPA Network

 

 

Authentication.

 

 

ƒ The factory default for this field is 0.0.0.0.

 

 

 

 

 

RADIUS Port

Determines the port number of the RADIUS server. The

 

 

port number is usually 1812 (factory default) or 1645,

 

 

depending on the server used.

 

 

This field is used with 802.1x and WPA Network

 

 

Authentication.

 

 

 

 

 

RADIUS Key

Allows you to set the Shared Secret key for your RADIUS

 

 

connection.

 

 

ƒ The factory default for this field is empty.

 

 

ƒ This field is used with 802.1x and WPA Network

 

 

Authentication.

 

 

 

 

 

Group Key Rotation

Allows you to set the WPA Group Key Rotation Interval in

 

Interval

seconds. This only applies when WPA or WPA2 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.

 

 

 

 

 

WPA/WPA2 Re-auth

Allows you to set the WPA/WPA2 Re-authorization

 

Interval

Interval in seconds. This only applies when WPA/WPA2

 

 

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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