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... Information for Windows Computers C-21 Obtaining ISP Configuration Information for Macintosh Computers C-22 Restarting the Network C-23 Appendix D Wireless Networking Basics Wireless Networking Overview D-1 Infrastructure Mode D-1 Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup D-2 Network Name: Extended Service Set Identification...for WPA/WPA2 D-16 Supporting a Mixture of WPA, WPA2, and WEP Wireless Clients is Discouraged D-16 Changes to Wireless Access Points D-17 Changes to Wireless Network Adapters D-17 Changes to Wireless Client Programs D-18 Glossary Contents ix 202-10099-01, April 2005
... Information for Windows Computers C-21 Obtaining ISP Configuration Information for Macintosh Computers C-22 Restarting the Network C-23 Appendix D Wireless Networking Basics Wireless Networking Overview D-1 Infrastructure Mode D-1 Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup D-2 Network Name: Extended Service Set Identification...for WPA/WPA2 D-16 Supporting a Mixture of WPA, WPA2, and WEP Wireless Clients is Discouraged D-16 Changes to Wireless Access Points D-17 Changes to Wireless Network Adapters D-17 Changes to Wireless Client Programs D-18 Glossary Contents ix 202-10099-01, April 2005
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Support for firmware upgrades. 802.11g Wireless Networking The WGR614 v6 router includes an 802.11g wireless access point, providing continuous, high-speed 54 Mbps access between your E-mail address or E-mail pager whenever a significant event occurs. 2-2 Introduction 202-10099-01, April 2005 Automatically detects and thwarts DoS attacks such as ...
Support for firmware upgrades. 802.11g Wireless Networking The WGR614 v6 router includes an 802.11g wireless access point, providing continuous, high-speed 54 Mbps access between your E-mail address or E-mail pager whenever a significant event occurs. 2-2 Introduction 202-10099-01, April 2005 Automatically detects and thwarts DoS attacks such as ...
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...listed, please check with another nearby access point. • Mode: Select the desired wireless mode. The default SSID is not the same as NETGEAr. • Region: Select your network. 3-10 Configuring the Internet and Wireless Settings 202-10099-01, April 2005 ... for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Note: Failure to follow these guidelines can result in significant performance degradation or inability to wirelessly connect to the router. • Name (SSID): Enter a value of "Automatic." For example, NETGEAR is NETGEAR, but NETGEAR strongly recommends that fails,...
...listed, please check with another nearby access point. • Mode: Select the desired wireless mode. The default SSID is not the same as NETGEAr. • Region: Select your network. 3-10 Configuring the Internet and Wireless Settings 202-10099-01, April 2005 ... for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Note: Failure to follow these guidelines can result in significant performance degradation or inability to wirelessly connect to the router. • Name (SSID): Enter a value of "Automatic." For example, NETGEAR is NETGEAR, but NETGEAR strongly recommends that fails,...
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...Entry Mode: Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key information for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 • Automatic Key Generation (Passphrase): Enter a word or group of the settings to better meet your networking needs.... in the Passphrase box. FEATURE Wireless Access Point Wireless Access List (MAC Filtering) SSID broadcast SSID 11b/g RF Channel Mode Authentication Type WEP DEFAULT FACTORY SETTINGS Enabled All wireless stations allowed Enabled NETGEAR 11 g and b Open System Disabled Configuring the Internet and Wireless Settings 202-10099-01, April...
...Entry Mode: Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key information for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 • Automatic Key Generation (Passphrase): Enter a word or group of the settings to better meet your networking needs.... in the Passphrase box. FEATURE Wireless Access Point Wireless Access List (MAC Filtering) SSID broadcast SSID 11b/g RF Channel Mode Authentication Type WEP DEFAULT FACTORY SETTINGS Enabled All wireless stations allowed Enabled NETGEAR 11 g and b Open System Disabled Configuring the Internet and Wireless Settings 202-10099-01, April...
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... Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b and 802.11g standards for wireless LANs (WLANs). Wireless Networking Overview The WGR614 v6 router conforms to multiple wireless network devices within a fixed range or area of another and still maintain seamless network connection. Infrastructure Mode With a wireless Access Point, you can operate the wireless LAN in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz. This...
... Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b and 802.11g standards for wireless LANs (WLANs). Wireless Networking Overview The WGR614 v6 router conforms to multiple wireless network devices within a fixed range or area of another and still maintain seamless network connection. Infrastructure Mode With a wireless Access Point, you can operate the wireless LAN in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz. This...
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... communicate with no structure or fixed points to the network - For the wireless devices in the air from an access point. Authentication and WEP Data Encryption The absence of a physical connection between nodes makes the wireless links vulnerable to the SSID as SSID. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to...
... communicate with no structure or fixed points to the network - For the wireless devices in the air from an access point. Authentication and WEP Data Encryption The absence of a physical connection between nodes makes the wireless links vulnerable to the SSID as SSID. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to...
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... two authentication procedures are configured to associate with an Ethernet network through the access point. The station sends an authentication request to the access point. 5. Reference Manual for messages from an access point that has a matching SSID. 4. The station listens for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 • Shared Key. The IEEE 802.11 standard defines two types...
... two authentication procedures are configured to associate with an Ethernet network through the access point. The station sends an authentication request to the access point. 5. Reference Manual for messages from an access point that has a matching SSID. 4. The station listens for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 • Shared Key. The IEEE 802.11 standard defines two types...
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... the challenge text, and sends the encrypted text to the access point. 4. If the decrypted text matches the original challenge text, then the access point and the station share the same WEP Key and the access point authenticates the station. 5. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 2. The station sends an authentication request to the network...
... the challenge text, and sends the encrypted text to the access point. 4. If the decrypted text matches the original challenge text, then the access point and the station share the same WEP Key and the access point authenticates the station. 5. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 2. The station sends an authentication request to the network...
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...202-10099-01, April 2005 For authentication purposes, the network uses Open System Authentication. 3. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 This process is illustrated below. 802.11b Authentication Shared Key Steps 1) Authentication request sent to AP 2) AP sends challenge... support Use WEP for Authentication and Encryption: A transmitting 802.11 device encrypts the data portion of every packet it back to AP Access Point Cable/DSL ProSafeWirelessVPN Security Firewall PWR TEST IN TER N ET LNK W LA N LO CA L MODEL FVM318 100 ACT Enable LNK/ACT 1 2 3 4 ...
...202-10099-01, April 2005 For authentication purposes, the network uses Open System Authentication. 3. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 This process is illustrated below. 802.11b Authentication Shared Key Steps 1) Authentication request sent to AP 2) AP sends challenge... support Use WEP for Authentication and Encryption: A transmitting 802.11 device encrypts the data portion of every packet it back to AP Access Point Cable/DSL ProSafeWirelessVPN Security Firewall PWR TEST IN TER N ET LNK W LA N LO CA L MODEL FVM318 100 ACT Enable LNK/ACT 1 2 3 4 ...
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... Basics 202-10099-01, April 2005 Each 40-bit WEP Key is 40 bits wide. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Key Size The IEEE 802.11 standard supports two types of 104 user-configurable bits. The 128-bit WEP data encryption method consists ...Hexadecimal Key Content 4C72F08AE1 4C72F08AE19D57A3FF6B260037 Note: Typically, 802.11 access points can only store one 128-bit key. The 24 factory-set bits are factory set bits are added to the forty-bit input to encrypt/decrypt all data transmitted via the wireless interface. Similar to the forty-bit WEP data encryption...
... Basics 202-10099-01, April 2005 Each 40-bit WEP Key is 40 bits wide. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Key Size The IEEE 802.11 standard supports two types of 104 user-configurable bits. The 128-bit WEP data encryption method consists ...Hexadecimal Key Content 4C72F08AE1 4C72F08AE19D57A3FF6B260037 Note: Typically, 802.11 access points can only store one 128-bit key. The 24 factory-set bits are factory set bits are added to the forty-bit input to encrypt/decrypt all data transmitted via the wireless interface. Similar to the forty-bit WEP data encryption...
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... are listed in the same general vicinity will utilize frequency spectrum 12.5 MHz above and below . Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 WEP Configuration Options The WEP settings must match on all of the 802.11 client adapters on the network must have different default... settings. In other using radio frequency signals in the same order. In general, if your mobile clients will roam between access points, then all of the 802.11 access points and all 802.11 devices that allow the maximum channel separation will decrease the amount of the signals, a node sending...
... are listed in the same general vicinity will utilize frequency spectrum 12.5 MHz above and below . Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 WEP Configuration Options The WEP settings must match on all of the 802.11 client adapters on the network must have different default... settings. In other using radio frequency signals in the same order. In general, if your mobile clients will roam between access points, then all of the 802.11 access points and all 802.11 devices that allow the maximum channel separation will decrease the amount of the signals, a node sending...
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...Access products. How Does WPA Compare to update the keys. WPA user authentication is implemented using Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is required. Support for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614..., TKIP addresses most of 2003, all access points and client wireless adapters on client and access point products. For details on existing wireless devices to change. The 802.11i standard...Wireless Networking Basics D-9 202-10099-01, April 2005 Reference Manual for 802.1x authentication is required in 2004. NETGEAR is implementing WPA and WPA2 on a particular wireless...
...Access products. How Does WPA Compare to update the keys. WPA user authentication is implemented using Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is required. Support for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614..., TKIP addresses most of 2003, all access points and client wireless adapters on client and access point products. For details on existing wireless devices to change. The 802.11i standard...Wireless Networking Basics D-9 202-10099-01, April 2005 Reference Manual for 802.1x authentication is required in 2004. NETGEAR is implementing WPA and WPA2 on a particular wireless...
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...Integrity Protocol (TKIP) - The strength of WPA/WPA2 comes from an integrated sequence of WPA, WPA2, and WEP wireless clients to implement. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 How Does WPA Compare to the network. These features were either not yet ready for market or required hardware upgrades...WPA and WPA2 Authentication • WPA and WPA2 Encryption Key Management - Its major operations include: • Network security capability determination. This infrastructure includes stations, access points, and authentication servers (typically RADIUS servers).
...Integrity Protocol (TKIP) - The strength of WPA/WPA2 comes from an integrated sequence of WPA, WPA2, and WEP wireless clients to implement. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 How Does WPA Compare to the network. These features were either not yet ready for market or required hardware upgrades...WPA and WPA2 Authentication • WPA and WPA2 Encryption Key Management - Its major operations include: • Network security capability determination. This infrastructure includes stations, access points, and authentication servers (typically RADIUS servers).
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...many home and small office environments will not be available nor desirable. Rather, the supplicant must simply prove to the access point that it must use . Wireless Networking Basics 202-10099-01, April 2005 D-11 EAP over 802.1X is used for an authentication server, which ...1X and Pre-shared key. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 The primary information conveyed in the Beacon frames is an authentication method that uses a statically configured pass phrase on both the stations and the access point. Possible cipher suites include: WEP, TKIP, and AES (...
...many home and small office environments will not be available nor desirable. Rather, the supplicant must simply prove to the access point that it must use . Wireless Networking Basics 202-10099-01, April 2005 D-11 EAP over 802.1X is used for an authentication server, which ...1X and Pre-shared key. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 The primary information conveyed in the Beacon frames is an authentication method that uses a statically configured pass phrase on both the stations and the access point. Possible cipher suites include: WEP, TKIP, and AES (...
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...controlling user traffic to note that a rogue wireless user does not join the network. Windows XP implements 802.1x natively, and several NETGEAR switch and wireless access point products support 802.1x. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 WPA/WPA2 Authentication: Enterprise-level User ...such as providing a vehicle for dynamically varying data encryption keys via 802.1x/EAP and RADIUS Wireless LAN WPA/WPA2 enabled wireless client with "supplicant" WPA/WPA2 enabled Access Point using pre-shared key or 802.1x Figure 4-3: WPA/WPA2 Overview Wired Network with a ...
...controlling user traffic to note that a rogue wireless user does not join the network. Windows XP implements 802.1x natively, and several NETGEAR switch and wireless access point products support 802.1x. Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 WPA/WPA2 Authentication: Enterprise-level User ...such as providing a vehicle for dynamically varying data encryption keys via 802.1x/EAP and RADIUS Wireless LAN WPA/WPA2 enabled wireless client with "supplicant" WPA/WPA2 enabled Access Point using pre-shared key or 802.1x Figure 4-3: WPA/WPA2 Overview Wired Network with a ...
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Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Client with a WPA/ WPA2-enabled wireless adapter and supplicant (Win XP, Funk, Meetinghouse) For example, a WPA/WPA2-enabled AP For example, a RADIUS server 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 Figure 4-4: 802.1x Authentication Sequence The AP sends Beacon Frames with an authenticator (802.11 access point). Information elements include the required authentication method...
Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Client with a WPA/ WPA2-enabled wireless adapter and supplicant (Win XP, Funk, Meetinghouse) For example, a WPA/WPA2-enabled AP For example, a RADIUS server 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 Figure 4-4: 802.1x Authentication Sequence The AP sends Beacon Frames with an authenticator (802.11 access point). Information elements include the required authentication method...
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... authentication algorithm to the client. 7. For the global encryption key, WPA includes a facility (the Information Element) for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 3. D-14 202-10099-01, April 2005 Wireless Networking Basics The access point responds by enabling a port for passing only EAP packets from the client to an authentication server located on the client...
... authentication algorithm to the client. 7. For the global encryption key, WPA includes a facility (the Information Element) for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 3. D-14 202-10099-01, April 2005 Wireless Networking Basics The access point responds by enabling a port for passing only EAP packets from the client to an authentication server located on the client...
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... methods supported by WPA2 is the advanced encryption standard (AES), although AES support will not be required initially for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) WPA uses TKIP to provide important data encryption enhancements including a per-packet key mixing function,... 32-bit integrity check value (ICV) that it requires a fundamental redesign of the NIC's hardware in both the station and the access point. TKIP also provides for the following: • The verification of the security configuration after the encryption keys are determined. • The...
... methods supported by WPA2 is the advanced encryption standard (AES), although AES support will not be required initially for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) WPA uses TKIP to provide important data encryption enhancements including a per-packet key mixing function,... 32-bit integrity check value (ICV) that it requires a fundamental redesign of the NIC's hardware in both the station and the access point. TKIP also provides for the following: • The verification of the security configuration after the encryption keys are determined. • The...
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... it is susceptible to denial of each station using the access point. This is not without its vulnerabilities. D-16 202-10099-01, April 2005 Wireless Networking Basics WPA/WPA2 is a definite step forward in August, 2003, NETGEAR, Inc. Product Support for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Is WPA/WPA2 Perfect? However, a mixed mode supporting WPA...
... it is susceptible to denial of each station using the access point. This is not without its vulnerabilities. D-16 202-10099-01, April 2005 Wireless Networking Basics WPA/WPA2 is a definite step forward in August, 2003, NETGEAR, Inc. Product Support for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Is WPA/WPA2 Perfect? However, a mixed mode supporting WPA...
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Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Changes to Wireless Access Points Wireless access points must have their firmware updated to support the following : • The new WPA/WPA2 information element Wireless clients must be able to process the WPA/WPA2 information element and respond with...8226; TKIP • Michael • AES (WPA2) To upgrade your wireless access points to support WPA/WPA2, obtain a WPA/WPA2 firmware update from your wireless AP. Changes to Wireless Network Adapters Wireless networking software in the adapter, and possibly in the OS or client ...
Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Changes to Wireless Access Points Wireless access points must have their firmware updated to support the following : • The new WPA/WPA2 information element Wireless clients must be able to process the WPA/WPA2 information element and respond with...8226; TKIP • Michael • AES (WPA2) To upgrade your wireless access points to support WPA/WPA2, obtain a WPA/WPA2 firmware update from your wireless AP. Changes to Wireless Network Adapters Wireless networking software in the adapter, and possibly in the OS or client ...