Edimax Router Wireless VPN Broadband User Manual

 
 Clone MAC           Click the “Clone MAC” button will copy the MAC address of your PC, that you are using to 
configure the AP, to the WLAN MAC. 
 MAC address  If you want to bridge more than one networks 
together with wireless LAN, you have to set this 
access point to “AP Bridge-Point to Point mode”, 
“AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode” or “AP 
Bridge-WDS mode”. You have to enter the 
MAC addresses of other access points that join 
the bridging work. 
 Set Security           Click t he “Set...

 
  Parameters  Description  Authentication Type      There are two authentication types: Open System and Shared Key. When you select Open System, 
wireless stations can associ ate with this wireless 
router without WEP encryption. When you select 
Shared Key, you should also setup WEP key in 
the Encryption page and wireless stations should 
use WEP encryption in the authentication phase to 
associate with this wireless router. If you select 
Auto, the wireless client  can associate with this 
wireless...

 
 Data Rate  The “Data Rate” is the rate this access point uses to 
transmit data packets. The access point will use the 
highest possible selected  transmission rate to 
transmit the data packets. 
 Preamble Type  The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless 
LAN compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can 
provide better wireless LAN performance. 
 Broadcast ESSID  If you enable “Broad cast ESSID”, every wireless 
station located within the  coverage of this access 
point can discover this access...

 
 2.4.3.1 WEP only  When you select 64-bit or128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to 
encrypt data. You can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can 
enter four WEP keys and select one of them as default key. Then the 
router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys 
 
  Parameters       Default   Description  Key Length        64-bit  You can select the WEP key length for  encryption, 64-bit or 128-bit. Larger WEP key 
length will provide higher level of security, but...

 
Key 1 - Key 4      The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the 
rules : 64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the A-F, 
a-f and 0-9 range) or 5-digit ASCII character as the 
encryption keys. 
128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex values (in the A-F, a-f and 0-9 range) or 13-digit ASCII characters as the 
encryption keys. 
  Click < Apply>  at the bottom of the screen to save the above 
configurations. You can now configur e other advance...

 
RADIUS Server Port  The service port of the external RADIUS server. 
 RADIUS Server Password  The password used by external RADIUS server. 
  Click   at the bottom of the screen to save the above 
configurations. You can now configur e other advance sections or start 
using the router (with the advance settings in place) 
 2.4.3.3 802.1x WEP Static key  IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid 
account to login to this  Access Point before ac cessing the wireless LAN....

 
encryption key frequently. So the encryption key is not easy to be broken 
by hackers. This can improve security very much. 
 
  Parameters   Description  WPA(TKIP) TKIP can change the encryption key frequently 
to enhance the wireless LAN security. 
 WPA2(AES)  This use CCMP protocol to change encryption 
key frequently. AES can provide high level 
encryption to enhance the wireless LAN 
security. 
 WPA2 Mixed  This will use TKIP or AES based on the other 
communication peer automatically....

 
range) or at least 8 character pass phrase as the pre-
shared keys. 
  Click   at the bottom of the screen to save the above 
configurations. You can now configur e other advance sections or start 
using the router (with the advance settings in place) 
 2.4.3.5 WPA Radius  Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an  advanced security standard. You can 
use an external RADIUS server to  authenticate wireless stations and 
provide the session key to encrypt data during communication. It uses 
TKIP or CCMP(AES)...

 
high level encryption to enhance the wireless 
LAN security. 
 WPA2 Mixed This will use TKIP or AES based on the other 
communication peer automatically. 
 RADIUS Server IP address   The IP address of external RADIUS server.  RADIUS Server Port  The service port of the external RADIUS  server. 
 RADIUS Server Password    The password used by external RADIUS server. 
  Click   at the bottom of the screen to save the above 
configurations. You can now configur e other advance sections or start 
using...

 
Enable wireless access control       Enable wireless access control  Add MAC address into the list         Fill in the MAC Address and 
Comment of the wireless station to be 
added and then click Add. Then this 
wireless station will be added into the 
Current Access Control List below. If 
you find any issues before adding it and 
want to retype again. Just click Clear 
and both MAC Address and 
Comment fields will be cleared. 
 Remove MAC address from list      If you want to remove some MAC...