Chapter 5

Expert Configuration

Enable/disable the wireless interface

To disable your wireless interface:

1Clear wireless interface enabled.

2Click Apply to immediately apply your changes.

!All your wireless clients will be disconnected!

You can also disable your wireless interface by pressing the front panel button for 10 seconds. When the WLAN led is extinguished, the interface is disabled.

To enable the wireless interface:

1Select Wireless interface enabled.

2Click Apply to immediately apply your changes.

You can also enable your wireless interface by pressing the front panel button for 10 seconds until the WLAN led starts flashing.

Security The security configuration tab allows you to configure the SpeedTouch™:

Security Mode settings.

Access Control settings.

Security Mode Three security levels are available for protecting the SpeedTouch™ wireless network environment.

level 0:

No security, i.e. the data will not be encrypted, no authentication process will be used.

level 1:

Backwards compatible security with any Wi-Fi certified client(WEP), i.e. encrypting the traffic between the SpeedTouch™ and the clients by sharing a pre-defined 64-bit or 128-bit Network key.

level 2:

WPA-PSKis the highest form of security available for home users but make sure that your wireless client and client manager are compatible with it.

level 3:

WPA is the highest form of security available but make sure that your wireless client and client manager are compatible with it. If you want to use this level of encryption you must have a RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service) server installed on your network.

By default the SpeedTouch™ access point uses security level 0, implying that no encryption is used for wireless networking. In case security level 1 or 2 is active, select Security Level 0 - no encryption to return to security level 0. Selecting this security level has immediate effect. Data will no longer be encrypted. Therefore, to re-access the wireless environment of the SpeedTouch™ you must first disable security on your wireless client.

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