PLANET ADSL VPN / Firewall Router

ESSID: Enter the unique ID given to the Access Point (AP), which is already built-in to the wireless broadband firewall gateway. To connect to this device, your wireless clients must have the same ESSID as the device.

Regulation Domain: There are five Regulation Domains for you to choose from, including North America (N.America), Europe, France, and Spain. The Channel ID will be different based on this setting.

Channel ID: Select the ID channel that you would like to use.

Default Tx Key: Select the encryption key ID, please refer to Key (0-3)below.

Passphrase: This is used to generate WEP keys automatically by an input string and pre-defined algorithm in WEP64 or WEP128. You can input the same string in both AP and Client card to generate same WEP keys. Please note that you do not have to key in Key (0-3)as below when the Passphrase is enabled.

WEP Encryption: To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, the wireless broadband firewall gateway offers highly secure data encryption, known as WEP. If you require high security in transmission, there are two alternatives to select from, WEP 40 and WEP 128.

Key (0-3):Enter the key to encrypt wireless data. To allow encrypted data transmission, the WEP Encryption Key values on all wireless stations must be the same as the device. There are four keys for your selection. The input format is in HEX style, 5 and 13 HEX codes are required for WEP64 and WEP128 respectively, the separator is “-“. Take WEP64 case for example, 11-22-33-44-55 is a valid key, 1122334455 is invalid instead.

Hide_SSID: When enabled, the Wireless AP is invisible from the site-surveying by Wireless clients. The wireless clients still can associate with this Wireless AP if entered with the same ESSID value.

Reset: Reset the Wireless AP function

3.6.3.1.3 Port Setting

When you click Port Setting, you get the following figure. This allows you to configure the port setting to solve some of the compatibility problems while connecting to the Internet.

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