DIR-300
Wireless N 150 Home Router
User Manual
Configuring via Web-based Interface
When the
Open
or
Shared
authentication type is selected, the following fields are available:
Parameter
Description
Enable Encryption WEP
The checkbox activating WEP encryption. When the checkbox is
selected, the
Default Key ID
field, the
Encryption Key WEP as
HEX
checkbox, and four
Encryption Key WEP
fields are
displayed on the page. For the
Shared
authentication type the
checkbox is always selected.
Default Key ID
The number of the key (from first to fourth) which will be used for
WEP encryption.
Encryption Key WEP as
HEX
Select the checkbox to set a hexadecimal number as a key for
encryption.
Encryption Key WEP (1-
4)
Keys for WEP encryption. The router uses the key selected from the
Default Key ID
drop-down list. It is required to specify all the
fields.
You can specify keys containing 5 or 13 symbols (use digits and/or
Latin characters). If
the
Encryption Key WEP as HEX
checkbox
is selected, you can specify only keys containing 10 symbols (the
digits 0-9 and the characters A-F).
When the
WPA-PSK
,
WPA2-PSK
, or
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK mixed
authentication type is
selected, the following fields are available:
Parameter
Description
Encryption Key PSK
A key for WPA encryption. The key can contain digits and/or Latin
characters.
WPA Encryption
An encryption method:
TKIP
,
AES
, or
TKIP+AES
.
When you have configured the parameters, click the
Change
button.
In addition, when the
Enable client
checkbox is selected, the list of available wireless networks is
displayed on the page.
To view the latest data on the available wireless networks, click the
Search
button.
To connect to a wireless network from the list, select the needed network. Upon that the relevant
values are automatically inserted in the
SSID
,
BSSID
, and
Network Authentication
fields.
For the
Open
authentication type with no encryption, click the
Change
button.
For the
Open
authentication type with encryption and the
Shared
authentication type, select a
needed value from the
Default Key ID
drop-down list. If needed, select the
Encryption Key
WEP as HEX
checkbox to set a hexadecimal number as a key for encryption. Then fill in 4
Encryption Key WEP
fields and click the
Change
button.
For the
WPA-PSK
,
WPA2-PSK
, or
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK mixed
authentication types, fill in
the
Encryption Key PSK
field and click the
Change
button.
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