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Table of Contents
VMG1312-B10B / VMG1312-B30B Series User’s Guide
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Chapter 7
Wireless.............................................................................................................................................101
7.1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................101
7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................................101
7.1.2 What You Need to Know ........................................................................................................102
7.2 The General Screen .......................................................................................................................102
7.2.1 No Security ............................................................................................................................105
7.2.2 Basic (WEP Encryption) ........................................................................................................105
7.2.3 Basic (802.1X) .......................................................................................................................107
7.2.4 More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK) ..................................................................................................109
7.2.5 WPA(2) Authentication ........................................................................................................... 110
7.3 The More AP Screen ....................................................................................................................... 111
7.3.1 Edit More AP ........................................................................................................................ 113
7.4 MAC Authentication ........................................................................................................................ 114
7.5 The WPS Screen ............................................................................................................................ 115
7.6 The WMM Screen ........................................................................................................................... 117
7.7 The WDS Screen ............................................................................................................................ 118
7.7.1 WDS Scan ............................................................................................................................. 119
7.8 The Others Screen ..........................................................................................................................120
7.9 The Channel Status Screen ............................................................................................................122
7.10 Technical Reference ......................................................................................................................122
7.10.1 Wireless Network Overview .................................................................................................122
7.10.2 Additional Wireless Terms ...................................................................................................124
7.10.3 Wireless Security Overview .................................................................................................124
7.10.4 Signal Problems ..................................................................................................................126
7.10.5 BSS .....................................................................................................................................127
7.10.6 MBSSID ...............................................................................................................................127
7.10.7 Preamble Type ....................................................................................................................128
7.10.8 Wireless Distribution System (WDS) ...................................................................................128
7.10.9 WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) ...............................................................................................128
Chapter 8
Home Networking .............................................................................................................................137
8.1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................137
8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................................137
8.1.2 What You Need To Know .......................................................................................................138
8.1.3 Before You Begin ...................................................................................................................139
8.2 The LAN Setup Screen ...................................................................................................................139
8.3 The Static DHCP Screen .................................................................................................................142
8.4 The UPnP Screen ...........................................................................................................................144
8.5 Installing UPnP in Windows Example .............................................................................................145
8.6 Using UPnP in Windows XP Example ............................................................................................148
8.7 The Additional Subnet Screen ........................................................................................................154