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Wireless-N 150 Router WNR1000v3 User Manual - Up to 150 Mbps - Performance Mode - Maximum Nx speeds up to 150 Mbps. Using channel expansion to achieve the 150 Mbps data rate, the WNR1000v3 will use the channel you selected as the primary channel and expand to the secondary channel (primary channel +4 or -4) to achieve a 40 MHz frame-by-frame bandwidth. The WNR1000v3 will detect channel usage and will disable frame-by-frame expansion if the expansion would result in interference with the data transmission of other access points or clients. • Security Options. The selection of wireless security options can significantly affect your network performance. The time it takes to establish a wireless connection can vary depending on both your security settings and router placement. WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish. Also, WEP, WPA-PSK, and WPA2PSK encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook computer, and can cause significant performance degradation with a slow computer. Instructions for configuring the security options can be found in "Choosing Appropriate Wireless Security" on page 2-1. A full explanation of wireless security standards is available in the online document that you can access from "Wireless Networking Basics" in Appendix B. 3. Click Apply to save your settings. Configuring WEP Wireless Security WEP Shared Key authentication and WEP data encryption can be defeated by a determined eavesdropper using publicly available tools. WEP offers the following options: • Automatic. With the Automatic option, the router will try both Open System and Shared Key authentication. Normally this setting is suitable. If it fails, select Open System or Shared Key. You can also refer to your wireless adapter's documentation to see what method to use. • Open System. With Open System authentication and 64 or 128 bit WEP data encryption, the WNR1000v3 router does perform data encryption but does not perform any authentication. Anyone can join the network. This setting provides very little practical wireless security. • Shared Key. With Shared Key authentication, a wireless device must know the WEP key to join the network. Select the encryption strength (64 or 128 bit data encryption). Manually enter the key values, or enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase field. Manually entered keys are not case-sensitive, but passphrase characters are case-sensitive. Safeguarding Your Network 2-8 v1.0, February 2010

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Wireless-N 150 Router WNR1000v3 User Manual
Safeguarding Your Network
2-8
v1.0, February 2010
–
Up to 150 Mbps - Performance Mode - Maximum Nx speeds up to 150 Mbps. Using
channel expansion to achieve the 150 Mbps data rate, the WNR1000v3 will use the
channel you selected as the primary channel and expand to the secondary channel
(primary channel +4 or –4) to achieve a 40 MHz frame-by-frame bandwidth. The
WNR1000v3 will detect channel usage and will disable frame-by-frame expansion if the
expansion would result in interference with the data transmission of other access points or
clients.
•
Security Options
. The selection of wireless security options can significantly affect your
network performance. The time it takes to establish a wireless connection can vary depending
on both your security settings and router placement.
WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish. Also, WEP, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-
PSK encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook computer, and can cause
significant performance degradation with a slow computer. Instructions for configuring the
security options can be found in
“Choosing Appropriate Wireless Security” on page 2-1
. A
full explanation of wireless security standards is available in the online document that you can
access from
“Wireless Networking Basics” in Appendix B
.
3.
Click
Apply
to save your settings.
Configuring WEP Wireless Security
WEP Shared Key authentication and WEP data encryption can be defeated by a determined
eavesdropper using publicly available tools.
WEP offers the following options:
•
Automatic
. With the Automatic option, the router will try both Open System and Shared Key
authentication. Normally this setting is suitable. If it fails, select
Open System
or
Shared Key
.
You can also refer to your wireless adapter’s documentation to see what method to use.
•
Open System
. With Open System authentication and 64 or 128 bit WEP data encryption, the
WNR1000v3 router
does
perform data encryption but
does not
perform any authentication.
Anyone can join the network. This setting provides very little practical wireless security.
•
Shared Key
. With Shared Key authentication, a wireless device must know the WEP key to
join the network. Select the encryption strength (64 or 128 bit data encryption). Manually
enter the key values, or enter a word or group of printable characters in the
Passphrase
field.
Manually entered keys
are not
case-sensitive, but passphrase characters
are
case-sensitive.