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2-7-3-4 WPA RADIUS: 
 
If you have a RADIUS server, this router can work with it and provide safer 
wireless authentication. 
 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
WPA Unicast      Please select a type of WPA cipher suite. 
Cipher Suite:  Available options are: WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES), and 
WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them, but you have 
to make sure your wireless client support the cipher you 
selected. 
 
RADIUS Server     Please input the IP address of your 
IP address :      Radius authentication server here. 
 
RADIUS Server     Please input the port number of your 
Port :    Radius authentication server here. Default setting is 
1812. 
 
RADIUS Server     Please input the password of your Radius 
Password :    authentication server here. 
 
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’    button, and the 
following message will be displayed on your web browser: 
  
						

							 
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Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other 
setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will 
take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is rebooting). 
 
2-7-4 Wireless Access Control 
 
This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to 
your wireless router; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address 
you assigned here can gain access to your wireless router. You can use this 
function with other security measures described in previous section, to create 
a safer wireless environment. 
 
Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned by using this function. Please click 
‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Access 
Control’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: 
 
 
 
All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in ‘MAC Address Filtering  2 
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Table’ , and Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Delete Selected :    If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, 
check the ‘select’ box of the MAC address you want to 
delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (You can 
select more than one MAC addresses). 
 
Delete All :    If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, 
please click ‘Delete All’ button. 
 
Reset :    You can also click ‘Reset’ button to unselect all MAC 
addresses. 
 
Enable Wireless    To enforce MAC address filtering, 
Access Control :    you have to check ‘Enable Wireless Access Control’. 
When this item is unchecked, wireless router will not 
enforce MAC address filtering of wireless clients. 
 
MAC Address :    Input the MAC address of your wireless devices here, 
dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) are not required. (i.e. If the MAC 
address label of your wireless device indicates 
‘aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff ’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff ’, just input 
‘aabbccddeeff ’. 
 
Comment :     You can input any text here as the comment of this    
  MAC address, like ‘ROOM 2A Computer’ or       
  anything. You can input up to 16 alphanumerical   
characters here. This is optional and you can leave   
it blank, however, it’s recommended to use this field   
to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a   
memory aid. 
 
Add :    Click ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and 
associated comment to the MAC address filtering table. 
 
Clear :    Click ‘Clear’ to remove the value you inputted in MAC 
address and comment field. 
  
						

							 
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After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’    button, and the 
following message will be displayed on your web browser: 
 
 
 
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other 
setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will 
take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is rebooting). 
 
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, 
please click ‘Cancel’ button. 
  
						

							 
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2-7-5 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) 
 
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build connection 
between wireless network clients and this wireless router. You don’t have to 
select encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time 
when you need to setup a wireless client, you only have to press a button on 
wireless client and this wireless router, and the WPS will do the rest for you. 
 
This wireless router supports two types of WPS: Push-Button Configuration 
(PBC), and PIN code. If you want to use PBC, you have to push a specific 
button on the wireless client to start WPS mode, and switch this wireless 
router to WPS mode too. You can push Reset/WPS button of this wireless 
router, or click ‘Start PBC’ button in the web configuration interface to do 
this; if you want to use PIN code, you have to know the PIN code of wireless 
client and switch it to WPS mode, then provide the PIN code of the wireless 
client you wish to connect to this wireless router. The detailed instructions 
are listed follow: 
 
Please click ‘Wireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then 
click ‘WPS’, and the following message will be displayed on your web 
browser: 
 
 
Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Enable WPS      Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it 
to disable WPS. 
 
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Setup Information  here: 
 
          WPS Status: If the wireless security (encryption)   
          function of this wireless router is properly set, you’ll   
    see ‘Configured’ message here. If wireless security   
          function has not been set, you’ll see ‘unConfigured’. 
 
     Self PIN code: This is the WPS PIN code of this   
          wireless router. This code is useful when you need to   
          build wireless connection by WPS with other   
     WPS-enabled wireless devices. 
 
          SSID: The SSID of this wireless router will be   
     displayed here. 
 
     Authentication Mode: The wireless security 
authentication mode of this wireless router will be 
displayed here. 
 
Configure      Click ‘Start PBC’ to start Push-Button style WPS 
via Push Button    setup procedure. This wireless router will wait for   
          WPS requests from wireless clients for 2 minutes.   
          The ‘WLAN’ LED on the wireless router will be   
          steady on when this wireless router is waiting for   
incoming WPS request. 
 
Configure      Please input the PIN code of the wireless client you 
via client      wish to connect, and click ‘Start PIN’ button. 
PinCode        The ‘WLAN’ led on the wireless router will be   
steady on when this wireless router is waiting for 
incoming WPS request. 
  
						

							 
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2-7-6 Security Tips for Wireless Network 
 
Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your 
wireless network: 
 
1. Do not use 100% radio output power unless it’s necessary; higher output 
power means border wireless coverage, but if you’re not using this 
wireless router in a really big space, you’ll let your neighbors have the 
chance to do something bad to your network. If the wireless router is not 
far away from your computer, try to start from 10% Tx Power setting in 
‘Advance Settings’ menu, and only raise the Tx Power setting when it’s 
required. 
 
2. Never use simple words (like school, apple, computer) as WEP encryption 
or WPA passphrase. 
 
3. A complicated (the combination of number, alphabet, even symbol, and 
long enough) WEP key and WPA passphrase is much safer than simple 
and short ones. Remember that the wireless client is capable to keep the 
key or passphrase for you, so you only have to input the complicated key 
or passphrase once. It’s not too trouble but will greatly improve security 
level. 
 
4. You can hide the ESSID of this router by set ‘Broadcast ESSID’ option to 
‘Disable’. Your wireless router will not be found by other people in 
proximity if they’re just using the AP scanning function of their wireless 
client, and this can reduce the chance of being intruded. 
 
5. Use ‘Access Control’ function described in section 2-7-4, so those people 
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Chapter III    Advanced Functions 
 
3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) 
 
Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to 
share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. 
Without QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with 
each other to get internet bandwidth, and some applications which require 
guaranteed bandwidth (like video streaming and network telephone) will be 
affected, therefore an unpleasing result will occur, like the interruption of 
video / audio transfer.   
 
With this function, you can limit the maximum bandwidth or give a 
guaranteed bandwidth for a specific computer, to avoid said unpleasing result 
from happening. 
 
3-1-1 Basic QoS Settings 
 
Please follow the following instructions to set QoS parameters: 
 
Please click ‘Qos’ menu on the left of web management interface and the 
following message will be displayed on your web browser: 
 
 
 
 
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Enable QoS :    Check this box to enable QoS function, unselect this 
box if you don’t want to enforce QoS bandwidth 
limitations. 
 
Total Download    You can set the limit of total download   
Bandwidth :    bandwidth in kbits. To disable download bandwidth 
limitation, input ‘0’ here. 
 
Total Upload      You can set the limit of total upload 
Bandwidth :    bandwidth in kbits. To disable upload bandwidth 
limitation, input ‘0’ here. 
 
Current QoS     All existing QoS rules will be displayed here. 
Ta b l e  :    
 
Add :  Click ‘add’ button to add a new QoS rule, see section 
3-1-2 ‘Add a new QoS rule’ below. 
 
Edit :    If you want to modify the content of a specific rule, 
please check the ‘select’ box of the rule you want to edit, 
then click ‘Edit’ button. Only one rule should be 
selected a time! If you didn’t select a rule before 
clicking ‘Edit’ button, you’ll be prompted to add a new 
rule. 
 
Delete          You can delete selected rules by clicking this 
Selected :    button. You can select one or more rules to delete by 
check the ‘select’ the box of the rule(s) you want to 
delete a time. If the QoS table is empty, this button will 
be grayed out and can not be clicked. 
 
Delete All :    By clicking this button, you can delete all rules 
currently in the QoS table. If the QoS table is empty, 
this button will be grayed out and can not be clicked. 
 
Move Up :    You can pull up the priority of the QoS rule you 
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Move Down :    You can lower the priority of the QoS rule you selected 
by clicking this button. 
 
Reset :    If you want to erase all values you just entered. Click 
‘Reset’. 
 
After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’    button, and the 
following message will be displayed on your web browser: 
 
 
 
Please click ‘Continue’ to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other 
setup procedures, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will 
take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is rebooting). 
 
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, 
please click ‘Cancel’ button.