NETGEAR WGU624 manual Security Mode

Reference Manual for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624

Wireless Mode. This field determines which data communications protocols will be used:

•g & b — both 802.11g and 802.11b wireless stations can be used.

•g only — only 802.11g wireless stations can be used.

•b only — all 802.11b wireless stations can be used. 802.11g wireless stations can still be used if they can operate in 802.11b mode.

•108 Mbps only — only compatible 802.11g wireless stations that support 108 Mbps can connect.

•Auto 108 Mbps — all 802.11g, 802.11b and NETGEAR 108 Mbps wireless stations can be used.

Note: If you select 108 Mbps mode, the router will only use channel 6.

The default is “g and b”, which allows both “g” and “b” wireless stations to access this device.

Security Mode:

•Open System — allows any device to join the network, assuming that the device SSID matches the router SSID. Alternatively, the device can use the “ANY” SSID option to associate with any available router within range, regardless of its SSID.

•Shared Key — only those computers that possess the correct authentication key can join the network.

•802.1x — defines port-based, network access control used to provide authenticated network access and automated data encryption key management. 802.1x uses a protocol called EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol).

•WPA-PSK — (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key) — use WPA standard encryption.

•WPA — (Wi-Fi Protected Access) — use WPA-PSK standard encryption.

Cipher Type:

•Disable — no data encryption

•WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) — use WEP 64, 128 or 152 bit data encryption.

•AES — Advanced Encryption Standard, a symmetric 128-bit block data encryption technique. It is an iterated block cipher with a variable block length and a variable key length.

•TKIP — the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol mechanism shares a starting key between devices. Each device then changes its encryption key for every packet.

4-8 Wireless Configuration

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