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WR3000 4-Port Wireless DSL/Cable Router
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3.3 Wizard Setup: Wireless LAN Setup
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
ESSID
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.
If you change this fi eld on the WR3000 Wireless Router, make sure all wireless stations use
the same ESSID in order to access the network.
Choose
Choose
Channel ID
To manually set the WR3000 Wireless Router to use a channel, select a channel from the
To manually set the WR3000 Wireless Router to use a channel, select a channel from the
drop-down list box. Open the
Channel Usage Table
screen to make sure the channel is not
already used by another AP or independent peer-to-peer wireless network.
To have the WR3000 Wireless Router automatically select a channel, click
Scan
instead.
Scan
Scan
Click this button to have the WR3000 Wireless Router automatically scan for and select a
Click this button to have the WR3000 Wireless Router automatically scan for and select a
channel with the least interference.
WEP
Encryption
Select
Select
Disable
allows all wireless computers to communicate with the Wireless Routers
without any data encryption.
Select
Select
64-bit WEP
64-bit WEP
or
or
128-bit WEP
128-bit WEP
to allow data encryption.
to allow data encryption.
ASCII
ASCII
Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as the WEP keys.
Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as the WEP keys.
HEX
Select this option to enter hexadecimal characters as the WEP keys.
Select this option to enter hexadecimal characters as the WEP keys.
Key 1 to Key 4
Used to encrypt data. Both the WR3000 Wireless Router and the wireless stations must use
the same WEP key for data transmission.
If you chose
64-bit WEP,
then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters
(“0-9”, “A-F”). If you chose
128-bit WEP,
then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal
characters (“0-9”, “A-F”).
You must confi gure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time. The
default key is key 1.
Next
Click
Click
Next
to continue.
Back
Click
Click
Back
to return to the previous screen.
Refer to the chapter on wireless LAN for more information.
WIZARD
Back Next
Scan
Wireless
Channel-06 2437MHz
Disable
ASCII Hex
Key 1
Key 2
Key 3
Key 4
64-bit WEP: Enter 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters (”0-9”, “A-F”) for each Key (1-4).
128-bit WEP: Enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters (”0-9”, “A-F”) for each Key (1-4).
Select one WEP key as an active key to encrypt wireless data transmission
Wireless LAN Setup
ESSID
Choose Channel ID
or
WEP Encryption
Set up your wireless LAN using the wizard screen below.