Configuring Wireless Network
Configuring Basic Wireless Settings
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Cisco CVR100W Wireless-N 300M Router Administration Guide
(Optional) In the Passphrase field, enter an alphanumeric phrase (longer than eight
characters for optimal security) and click Generate to generate four unique WEP
keys in the Key1-4 fields below.
If you want to provide your own key, enter it directly in the Key 1 field
(recommended). The length of the key should be 5 ASCII characters (or 10
hexadecimal characters) for 64-bit WEP and 13 ASCII characters (or 26
hexadecimal characters) for 128-bit WEP. Valid hexadecimal characters are 0 to 9
and A to F.
Check Show Password to show the password in plaintext.
Click Save to save your settings.
Click Back to go back to the Basic Settings page.
Configuring WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, and WPA2-Personal
Mixed
The WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, and the WPA2-Personal Mixed security
modes offer strong security to replace WEP.
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WPA-Personal: WPA is part of the wireless security standard (802. 1 1i)
standardized by the Wi-Fi Alliance and was intended as an intermediate
measure to take the place of WEP while the 802. 1 1i standard was being
prepared. WPA-Personal supports Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption.
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WPA2-Personal: (Recommended) WPA2 is the implementation of the
security standard specified in the final 802. 1 1i standard. WPA2 supports
AES encryption and this option uses Pre-shared Key (PSK) for
authentication.
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WPA2-Personal Mixed: Allows both WPA and WPA2 clients to connect
simultaneously using PSK authentication.
The personal authentication is the PSK that is an alphanumeric passphrase shared
with the wireless peer.
To configure the WPA-Personal security mode:
In the Wireless Table (Wireless > Basic Settings), check the network you want to
configure.
Click Edit Security Mode. The Security Settings page appears.
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