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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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