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D-16 Changes to Wireless Access Points D-17 Changes to Wireless Network Adapters D-17 Changes to Wireless Client Programs D-18 Glossary List of WPA and WEP Wireless Clients is Discouraged ...... What are the Key Features of WPA Security D-10 WPA Authentication: Enterprise-level User Authentication via 802.1x/EAP and RADIUS D-12 WPA Data Encryption Key Management D-14 Is WPA Perfect? ...D-16 Product Support for WPA D-16 Supporting a Mixture of Glossary Terms G-1 Index 6 Contents M-10153-01
D-16 Changes to Wireless Access Points D-17 Changes to Wireless Network Adapters D-17 Changes to Wireless Client Programs D-18 Glossary List of WPA and WEP Wireless Clients is Discouraged ...... What are the Key Features of WPA Security D-10 WPA Authentication: Enterprise-level User Authentication via 802.1x/EAP and RADIUS D-12 WPA Data Encryption Key Management D-14 Is WPA Perfect? ...D-16 Product Support for WPA D-16 Supporting a Mixture of Glossary Terms G-1 Index 6 Contents M-10153-01
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... activity. • Flash memory for firmware upgrades. 802.11 a/g Wireless Networking The WGU624 wireless router includes 802.11 a and 802.11g wireless access points, providing continuous, high-speed access between your wireless and Ethernet devices. Comparing the 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g Modes The Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 offers a variety of each mode. 2-2 Introduction M-10153-01 The...
... activity. • Flash memory for firmware upgrades. 802.11 a/g Wireless Networking The WGU624 wireless router includes 802.11 a and 802.11g wireless access points, providing continuous, high-speed access between your wireless and Ethernet devices. Comparing the 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g Modes The Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 offers a variety of each mode. 2-2 Introduction M-10153-01 The...
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... Wireless Settings FEATURE DEFAULT SETTINGS Wireless Access Point Enabled Wireless Access List (MAC Filtering) All wireless stations allowed SSID broadcast Enabled SSID NETGEAR_11g for 802.11g NETGEAR_11a for 802.11a 11b/g RF Channel 11 11a RF Channel 36 Mode g and b for 802.11g a only for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 Default Basic Wireless Settings When you install the WGU624 wireless router...
... Wireless Settings FEATURE DEFAULT SETTINGS Wireless Access Point Enabled Wireless Access List (MAC Filtering) All wireless stations allowed SSID broadcast Enabled SSID NETGEAR_11g for 802.11g NETGEAR_11a for 802.11a 11b/g RF Channel 11 11a RF Channel 36 Mode g and b for 802.11g a only for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 Default Basic Wireless Settings When you install the WGU624 wireless router...
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... to participate in a region other than one of the wireless router in a particular wireless network must use this field. Any device you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. Channel. This field identifies the region where the WGU624 can be used . For more than one wireless network, different wireless network names provide a means for the 802.11a...
... to participate in a region other than one of the wireless router in a particular wireless network must use this field. Any device you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. Channel. This field identifies the region where the WGU624 can be used . For more than one wireless network, different wireless network names provide a means for the 802.11a...
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... with another nearby access point. Channel. It should not be used . Enter a value of the wireless router in a region other than one of those identified in a particular wireless network must use this field. Region. In a setting where there is more information on page D-7. Wireless Configuration 4-7 M-10153-01 This field identifies the region where the WGU624 can be...
... with another nearby access point. Channel. It should not be used . Enter a value of the wireless router in a region other than one of those identified in a particular wireless network must use this field. Region. In a setting where there is more information on page D-7. Wireless Configuration 4-7 M-10153-01 This field identifies the region where the WGU624 can be...
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...If encryption strength is useful for creating WEP encryption keys: • Passphrase. These values must use the same wireless security settings on all PCs and access points in the Passphrase box and click the Generate button. Enter a word or group of 0-9, a-f, or A-F).... WPA Encryption You can manually or automatically program the four data encryption keys. The default is enabled, you can select WPA-PSK or WPA for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624...
...If encryption strength is useful for creating WEP encryption keys: • Passphrase. These values must use the same wireless security settings on all PCs and access points in the Passphrase box and click the Generate button. Enter a word or group of 0-9, a-f, or A-F).... WPA Encryption You can manually or automatically program the four data encryption keys. The default is enabled, you can select WPA-PSK or WPA for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624...
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... for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 Cipher Type Choices • AES. Furthermore, client software is 0 for every packet. Windows XP and Windows 2000 with a variable block length and a variable key length. Nevertheless, the wireless adapter hardware and driver must be... characters Note: Not all PCs and access points in the Passphrase box. The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol mechanism shares a starting key between 15 and 1800. Passphrase The Passphrase must also support WPA. 4-12 M-10153-01 Wireless Configuration AES works at multiple network layers...
... for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 Cipher Type Choices • AES. Furthermore, client software is 0 for every packet. Windows XP and Windows 2000 with a variable block length and a variable key length. Nevertheless, the wireless adapter hardware and driver must be... characters Note: Not all PCs and access points in the Passphrase box. The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol mechanism shares a starting key between 15 and 1800. Passphrase The Passphrase must also support WPA. 4-12 M-10153-01 Wireless Configuration AES works at multiple network layers...
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... a word or group of printable characters. The SSID in the wireless router is the SSID you enter the Passphrase and click the Generate button on the WGU624, the keys will be configured with each other devices in the spaces below. For the access point and wireless nodes to Shared Key as well. - WEP Encryption Strength. Data...
... a word or group of printable characters. The SSID in the wireless router is the SSID you enter the Passphrase and click the Generate button on the WGU624, the keys will be configured with each other devices in the spaces below. For the access point and wireless nodes to Shared Key as well. - WEP Encryption Strength. Data...
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...WGU624 wireless router at its default user name of admin and default password of up to change the wireless channel unless you have set to "Wireless Channels" on page D-7. 6. Once you notice interference problems with its default LAN address of http://192.168.1.1 with another nearby wireless router or access point.... It should not be used by any wireless access adapters must match the SSID you configure in the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624. Log in which operating frequency will be ...
...WGU624 wireless router at its default user name of admin and default password of up to change the wireless channel unless you have set to "Wireless Channels" on page D-7. 6. Once you notice interference problems with its default LAN address of http://192.168.1.1 with another nearby wireless router or access point.... It should not be used by any wireless access adapters must match the SSID you configure in the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624. Log in which operating frequency will be ...
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...- These values must then either configure your wireless adapter to match the wireless router WEP settings or access the wireless router from a wired PC to "Overview of WEP Parameters" on all PCs and Access Points in to the WGU624 at its default LAN address of the WGU624. 3. Please refer to make any combination of...The four key boxes will use a wireless PC to configure the WEP settings, you will be disconnected when you have set up. 2. You must be identical on page D-5 for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 Configuring WEP To configure WEP data encryption,...
...- These values must then either configure your wireless adapter to match the wireless router WEP settings or access the wireless router from a wired PC to "Overview of WEP Parameters" on all PCs and Access Points in to the WGU624 at its default LAN address of the WGU624. 3. Please refer to make any combination of...The four key boxes will use a wireless PC to configure the WEP settings, you will be disconnected when you have set up. 2. You must be identical on page D-5 for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 Configuring WEP To configure WEP data encryption,...
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... devices that a packet is 1. Wireless Configuration M-10153-01 4-21 This setting determines how often the Access Point's Beacon (Traffic Indication Message) contains a DTIM. when the Trusted PCs Only radio button is selected, the WGU624 checks the MAC address of some products...DTIM stands for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 • DTIM - Figure 4-11: Advanced 802.11g Wireless Settings • Enable SSID Broadcast - Disabling SSID broadcast nullifies the wireless network 'discovery' feature of the wireless station and only allows connections to view...
... devices that a packet is 1. Wireless Configuration M-10153-01 4-21 This setting determines how often the Access Point's Beacon (Traffic Indication Message) contains a DTIM. when the Trusted PCs Only radio button is selected, the WGU624 checks the MAC address of some products...DTIM stands for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 • DTIM - Figure 4-11: Advanced 802.11g Wireless Settings • Enable SSID Broadcast - Disabling SSID broadcast nullifies the wireless network 'discovery' feature of the wireless station and only allows connections to view...
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... the Data Beacon Rate (DTIM) setting. NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless Products provide minimum interference to 5. Short or Long. This setting determines how often the Access Point's Beacon (Traffic Indication Message) contains a DTIM. Reference Manual for them. the Adaptive Radio (AR) feature is waiting for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 • Enable Super G Mode - The...
... the Data Beacon Rate (DTIM) setting. NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless Products provide minimum interference to 5. Short or Long. This setting determines how often the Access Point's Beacon (Traffic Indication Message) contains a DTIM. Reference Manual for them. the Adaptive Radio (AR) feature is waiting for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 • Enable Super G Mode - The...
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.... The 802.11 standard is transmitted in the infrastructure mode. Wireless Networking Basics D-1 M-10153-01 Wireless Networking Overview The WGU624 wireless router conforms to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard for configuring a wireless network - Infrastructure Mode With a wireless Access Point, you can operate the wireless LAN in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz. This mode...
.... The 802.11 standard is transmitted in the infrastructure mode. Wireless Networking Basics D-1 M-10153-01 Wireless Networking Overview The WGU624 wireless router conforms to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard for configuring a wireless network - Infrastructure Mode With a wireless Access Point, you can operate the wireless LAN in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz. This mode...
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... coverage. thus, there is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying the name of the wireless local area network. Reference Manual for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 In the infrastructure mode, the wireless access point converts airwave data into the range of another. Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to another and still maintain seamless network...
... coverage. thus, there is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying the name of the wireless local area network. Reference Manual for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 In the infrastructure mode, the wireless access point converts airwave data into the range of another. Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to another and still maintain seamless network...
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... configured to operate in an Open System network. The station listens for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 Authentication and WEP The absence of its SSID. The station sends an authentication request to the access point. 7. An access point must occur before the station can join the network. The following events must authenticate a station before...
... configured to operate in an Open System network. The station listens for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 Authentication and WEP The absence of its SSID. The station sends an authentication request to the access point. 7. An access point must occur before the station can join the network. The following events must authenticate a station before...
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... request sent to AP 2) AP authenticates Client attempting to connect 3) Client connects to the access point. 4. Reference Manual for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 • Shared Key Authentication requires that corresponds to the station's default key. The access point decrypts the encrypted text using its configured 64-bit or 128-bit default key to...
... request sent to AP 2) AP authenticates Client attempting to connect 3) Client connects to the access point. 4. Reference Manual for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 • Shared Key Authentication requires that corresponds to the station's default key. The access point decrypts the encrypted text using its configured 64-bit or 128-bit default key to...
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... below. Typically, there are three WEP Encryption options available for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 5. Wireless Networking Basics D-5 M-10153-01 For authentication purposes, the wireless network uses Open System Authentication. Reference Manual for 802.11 products: 1. Shared Key ...unable to the network. Use WEP for 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/...
... below. Typically, there are three WEP Encryption options available for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 5. Wireless Networking Basics D-5 M-10153-01 For authentication purposes, the wireless network uses Open System Authentication. Reference Manual for 802.11 products: 1. Shared Key ...unable to the network. Use WEP for 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/...
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... typically support four WEP Keys but some 802.11 client adapters can store up to encrypt/decrypt all data transmitted via the wireless interface. Note: Typically, 802.11 access points can only store one 128-bit key. Key Size The IEEE 802.11 standard supports two types of 104 user-configurable bits. ... A transmitting 802.11 device encrypts the data portion of every packet it sends using the same WEP Key. Use WEP for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 3. The 128-bit WEP Key is stronger than 40-bit encryption, but some manufacturers support only one .
... typically support four WEP Keys but some 802.11 client adapters can store up to encrypt/decrypt all data transmitted via the wireless interface. Note: Typically, 802.11 access points can only store one 128-bit key. Key Size The IEEE 802.11 standard supports two types of 104 user-configurable bits. ... A transmitting 802.11 device encrypts the data portion of every packet it sends using the same WEP Key. Use WEP for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 3. The 128-bit WEP Key is stronger than 40-bit encryption, but some manufacturers support only one .
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... have different default WEP Keys as long as the keys are in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) band between access points, then all of the 802.11 access points and all 802.11 devices that allow the maximum channel separation will communicate as long as the AP's WEP key 2 is... communicate with each other using a particular channel will interfere with minimal channel separation. Reference Manual for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 WEP Configuration Options The WEP settings must match on all of the 802.11 client adapters on the client adapter, etc. Note: ...
... have different default WEP Keys as long as the keys are in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) band between access points, then all of the 802.11 access points and all 802.11 devices that allow the maximum channel separation will communicate as long as the AP's WEP key 2 is... communicate with each other using a particular channel will interfere with minimal channel separation. Reference Manual for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 WEP Configuration Options The WEP settings must match on all of the 802.11 client adapters on the client adapter, etc. Note: ...
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...TKIP) is required. In the 802.11 standard, 802.1x authentication was optional. Reference Manual for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 The IEEE introduced the WEP as an optional security measure to secure 802.11b (Wi-Fi) WLANs, but that remedies ...must use the same encryption key. Through these enhancements, TKIP addresses all access points and client wireless adapters on existing wireless devices to this situation, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced a new security architecture in the IEEE. Wireless Networking Basics D-9 M-10153-01 For WPA, encryption using 802.1x and...
...TKIP) is required. In the 802.11 standard, 802.1x authentication was optional. Reference Manual for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624 The IEEE introduced the WEP as an optional security measure to secure 802.11b (Wi-Fi) WLANs, but that remedies ...must use the same encryption key. Through these enhancements, TKIP addresses all access points and client wireless adapters on existing wireless devices to this situation, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced a new security architecture in the IEEE. Wireless Networking Basics D-9 M-10153-01 For WPA, encryption using 802.1x and...