ADSL Wireless Firewall Router User Guide

Options

 

Mode

Select the desired mode:

 

 

∙ g & b - Both 802.11.g and 802.11b Wireless stations will be

 

 

able to use the ADSL Wireless Firewall Router.

 

 

∙ g only - Only 802.11g Wireless stations can use the ADSL

 

 

Wireless Firewall Router.

 

 

∙ b only - Only 802.11b connections are available. 802.11g

 

 

Wireless Stations will only be able to use the ADSL Wireless

 

 

Firewall Router if they are fully backward-compatible with the

 

 

802.11b standard.

 

Channel No.

∙ Select the Channel you wish to use on your Wireless LAN.

 

 

∙ If you experience interference (shown by lost connections

 

 

and/or slow data transfers) you may need to experiment with

 

 

different channels to see which is the best.

 

 

∙ If using multiple Access Points, adjacent Access Points

 

 

should use different Channels to reduce interference.

 

Broadcast

If enabled, the ADSL Wireless Firewall Router will broadcast its

 

SSID

SSID. This allows Wireless Stations will a "null" (blank) SSID to

 

 

detect and use the correct SSID.

 

 

Disable this feature if you do not want Wireless stations to be

 

 

able to do this.

 

 

 

 

WEP data

∙ WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) status will display "Dis-

 

encryption

abled" if WEP is not being used, otherwise it will display "64

 

 

Bit" or "128 Bit" depending on the WEP key size being used.

 

 

If WEP is used, data is Encrypted before being transmitted,

 

 

making communication more secure.

 

 

∙ Click the "Configure WEP" button to access the WEP sub-

 

 

screen, and view or change the WEP settings.

 

 

 

 

Configure WEP

Click this button to view the WEP sub-screen. See the following

 

Button

section for more details.

 

Access Point

 

 

Enable Wire-

Enable this if you want to use Wireless Access Point function. If

 

less

disabled, no Wireless stations can use the Access Point func-

 

Access Point

tion, and all connections must be make via the wired LAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allow access

Use this feature to determine which Wireless stations can use

 

by …

the Access Point. The options are:

 

 

∙ All Wireless Stations - All wireless stations can use the

 

 

access point, provided they have the correct SSID and WEP

 

 

settings.

 

 

∙ Trusted Wireless stations only - Only wireless stations you

 

 

designate as "Trusted" can use the access point, even if they

 

 

have the correct SSID and WEP settings.

 

 

This feature uses the MAC address to identify Wireless sta-

 

 

tions. The MAC address is a low-level network identifier

 

 

which is unique to each PC or network device.

 

 

To define the trusted wireless stations, use the "Set Stations"

 

 

button.

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