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Table of Contents
VMG4381-B10A 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 More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK) ..................................................................................................107
7.2.4 WPA(2) Authentication ...........................................................................................................108
7.3 The More AP Screen .......................................................................................................................109
7.3.1 Edit More AP ........................................................................................................................110
7.4 MAC Authentication ........................................................................................................................ 111
7.5 The WPS Screen ............................................................................................................................112
7.6 The WMM Screen ...........................................................................................................................114
7.7 The WDS Screen ............................................................................................................................114
7.7.1 WDS Scan .............................................................................................................................115
7.8 The Others Screen ..........................................................................................................................116
7.9 The Channel Status Screen ............................................................................................................118
7.10 Technical Reference ......................................................................................................................118
7.10.1 Wireless Network Overview .................................................................................................118
7.10.2 Additional Wireless Terms ...................................................................................................120
7.10.3 Wireless Security Overview .................................................................................................120
7.10.4 Signal Problems ..................................................................................................................122
7.10.5 BSS .....................................................................................................................................123
7.10.6 MBSSID ...............................................................................................................................123
7.10.7 Preamble Type ....................................................................................................................124
7.10.8 Wireless Distribution System (WDS) ...................................................................................124
7.10.9 WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) ...............................................................................................124
Chapter 8
Home Networking .............................................................................................................................133
8.1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................133
8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................................133
8.1.2 What You Need To Know .......................................................................................................134
8.1.3 Before You Begin ...................................................................................................................135
8.2 The LAN Setup Screen ...................................................................................................................135
8.3 The Static DHCP Screen .................................................................................................................138
8.4 The UPnP Screen ...........................................................................................................................140
8.5 Installing UPnP in Windows Example .............................................................................................141
8.6 Using UPnP in Windows XP Example ............................................................................................143
8.7 The Additional Subnet Screen ........................................................................................................149
8.8 The STB Vendor ID Screen .............................................................................................................150