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 Chapter 5 WLAN Settings  
5.1 Wireless Basic Settings 
  Enable wireless function: Select to  enable  the  Router’s  wireless  features; 
deselect to disable it and all functions related with wireless are disabled.  
 Wireless  working mode: This router  provides  two  kinds  of  working  modes: 
Wireless Access Point(AP) and Network Bridge (WDS) 
 
Wireless Access Point (AP) 
 Network Mode: Select one mode from the drop-down list. 
11b mode：Select it if you have only Wireless-B clients in your network. 
11g mode：Select it if you have only Wireless-G clients in your network. 
11b/g  mixed  mode: Select  it  if  you  have  only  Wireless-B  and  Wireless-G 
clients in your network. 
11b/g/n  mixed  mode: Select  it  if  you  have  Wireless-B,  Wireless-G  and 
Wireless-N clients in your network. 
 SSID: It is  the  unique  name  of  the  wireless network and  can  be modified. The 
SSID must be entered. 
 Broadcast (SSID): Select “Enable” to enable the router’ SSID to be scannable by 
wireless devices.  The  default  is  enabled. If  you  disable  it, the wireless devices 
must know the SSID for communication. 
  
						

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 Channel: The  currently  used channel  by  the  router. Select  an effective  channel 
(from 1 to 13\Auto) of the wireless network. 
 WMM  Capable: Enable  it  to enhance  the  transfer  performance  of the  wirelessly 
transferred multimedia  data (such  as  video  or  online  playing).We recommend 
enabling this option if you are not familiar with WMM. 
 APSD Capable: It is used for auto power-saved service. The default is disabled. 
 Channel  bandwidth: Select  an  appropriate channel  bandwidth  to  enhance  the 
wireless  performance.  Select  20/40M  when  the  network  has 11b/g  and  11n 
wireless clients.  Select 20M  when  the  network  has  only  non-11n  wireless clients. 
Select  20/40M  to  promote  its  throughput  when  the  wireless  network  is  in  11n 
mode. 
 Extension Channel: To confirm the network’s frequency range in 11n mode.  
NOTE: Some products may have primary SSID and secondary SSID options, as 
shown below. Primary SSID is necessary, secondary SSID is optional. 
  
 
Network Bridge (WDS) Settings 
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  AP  MAC address: Input  the  MAC  address  of  another  (opposing)  wireless  router 
you want to connect. 
 
Example: This example is to bridge two W316R routers. 
1.  If you  know  the connecting  router’s  MAC  address,  please enter  it  into the  AP  MAC 
address field and click “Ok”. 
  
						

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2. You can also search for the wireless router’s signal by scanning. 
a) Click “Open scan” and click the scanned signal and click the ”Ok” button on the dialog 
box and the corresponding wireless MAC address will be added to the AP MAC address 
field automatically. 
 
b) Click “Ok” after the MAC address is added. 
 
  
After finishing the above steps, you need to set the other W316R router in the same way.  
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WDS  feature  requires both  routers  support  this  function  and  the  SSID,  channel, 
encryption method and password are the same as those of the connecting router. 
 
5.2 Wireless Security Settings 
With  the wireless  security function,  you  can  prevent  others  from  connecting to  your 
wireless network and using the network resources without your consent. Meanwhile, you 
can also block illegal users from intercepting or intruding your wireless network. 
5.2.1 WPS Settings 
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setting) makes it quick and easy to establish a secure connection 
between the wireless clients and the router. The users only need to enter a PIN code or 
press  WPS button  on  the back panel  to  configure  it  without  manually  selecting  an 
encryption method or set a key. 
 
  WPS settings: To enable or disable WPS function. The default is “Enable”. 
 WPS mode: Provide two ways: PBC (Push-Button Configuration) and PIN code. 
 PBC: Select the PBC and click Ok, or press and hold the WPS button on the back 
panel of the device for about one second. The WPS LED indicator will be flashing 
for  2  minutes,  which  means  the WPS  is  enabled.  During  this  time  (flashing WPS 
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between them. When the WPS connection is completed, the LED indicator will be 
continuously lit. To add more clients, repeat the above steps.) 
 PIN: If this option is enabled, you need to enter a wireless client’s PIN code in the 
field and keep the same code in the WPS client.  
 Reset  OOB: Press  this  button,  the  WPS  client  will  be  in an idle  state,  and  the 
WPS  indicator will turn  off.  AP  will  not  respond  to  the  WPS  client’s connection 
request and will set the security mode as Open-None (Disable) mode. 
 
NOTE:  
The use of WPS function requires the wireless adapter to support this function. 
 
5.2.2 WPA- PSK 
WPA guarantees to protect WLAN users’ data and only the authorized network users can 
have access to WLAN.  
  WPA  Algorithms: Provides  TKIP  [Temporal  Key  Integrity  Protocol]  or  AES 
[Advanced Encryption Standard].  
 Key: Enter the pass phrase that consists of 8-63 ASCII characters. 
 Key  Renewal  Interval: Set  the  key’s  renewal  period, which  tells  the  device  how 
often it should change the dynamic keys.   
						

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5.2.3 WPA2- PSK 
WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2) provides higher security than and WPA (Wi-Fi 
Protected Access).  
  WPA  Algorithms: Provides  TKIP  [Temporal  Key  Integrity  Protocol]  or  AES 
[Advanced Encryption Standard].  
 Key: Enter the pass phrase that consists of 8-63 ASCII characters. 
 Key  Renewal  Interval: Set  the  key’s  renewal  period, which  tells  the  device  how 
often it should change the dynamic keys. 
 
5.3 Wireless Access Control 
Wireless access control is actually based on the MAC address to permit or forbid specific 
clients to access the wireless network.   
						

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  MAC address filter: “Permit” indicates to allow the clients in the list to access the 
wireless  network,  “Forbid”  indicates to prevent the  clients  in  the  list from 
accessing the wireless network. 
 Configure MAC address: Input the  MAC  addresses  of the wireless  clients to 
implement the filter policy. Click “Add” to finish the MAC add operation. 
 MAC Address list: Show the  added  MAC  addresses.  You  can  add  or  delete 
them. 
 
5.4 Connection Status 
This screen shows wireless client’s connection status, including MAC address, Channel 
bandwidth.  
  MAC address: Shows the MAC addresses of the hosts connected to the Router. 
 Bandwidth: Shows the channel bandwidth  of the current connected hosts 
(wireless clients). 
  
						

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Chapter 6 DHCP Server 
6.1 DHCP Server  
DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is used to assign an IP address to the computers 
on the LAN/private  network. When  you  enable  the  DHCP Server,  the  DHCP  Server  will 
allocate automatically an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting 
computer  in  premise  of  activating “Obtain  an  IP  Address  Automatically”.  So  specifying 
the start and end address of the IP Address pool is needed. 
 
  DHCP server: Check the Enable box to enable DHCP server.  
 IP pool start/end address: Enter  the  range  of  IP  addresses for  DHCP  server 
distribution. 
 Lease time:  It  indicates  the  valid  time  of  the  dynamic  IP  address  which  is 
distributed  to the DHCP client’s  host computer by  DHCP server.  During  this time, 
the server will not distribute the IP address to any other host computer. 
 
6.2 DHCP Client List 
DHCP client list displays user computer’ IP address, MAC address, host name and other 
information which are assigned by the DHCP server. You can manually enter the IP and 
MAC address and convert them to static assignment.  
  
						

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 Host name: It  displays  the name  of  the  computer whose  IP  is  allocated  by  the 
DHCP server. 
 IP address: Enter the IP address which needs static binding.  
 MAC address: Enter the  MAC  address  of  the  computer  you  want  to bind.  Click 
“Add” to add the entry in the list.  
 Lease time: The remaining time  length  of  the  corresponding  IP  address  lease.