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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

NBG-418N User’s Guide

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The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.

See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.

6.4.1

No Security

Select

No Security

to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any

data encryption.

Table 26

Network > Wireless LAN > General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

WLAN STA

Information

This section is available only when the NBG-418N is in universal repeater mode. This shows

the wireless and security settings of the selected AP wireless network.

SSID

This displays the Service Set IDentity of the wireless device to which you are connecting.

Security Mode

This displays the type of security configured on the wireless device to which you are

connecting.

Operating

Channel

This displays the channel used by the wireless device to which you are connecting.

WLAN AP

Information /

Wireless Setup

Use this section to configure the wireless settings between the NBG-418Nand its wireless

clients.

Enable

Wireless LAN

Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.

Name(SSID)

(Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless station is

associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must have the same SSID.

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.

Hide SSID

Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot

obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.

Channel

Selection

Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.

Select a channel from the drop-down list box. The options vary depending on the frequency

band and the country you are in.

Refer to the

Connection Wizard

chapter for more information on channels. This option is only

available if

Auto Channel Selection

is disabled.

Auto Channel

Selection

Select this option for the NBG-418N to automatically choose the channel with the least

interference. Deselect this option if you wish to manually select the channel using the

Channel Selection

field.

Operating

Channel

This displays the channel the NBG-418N is currently using.

Channel Width

Select whether the NBG-418N uses a wireless channel width of

20MHz

,

40MHz

or

Auto

20/40MHz

. A standard 20MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps whereas a

40MHz channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds of up to 300 Mbps. Because

not all devices support 40MHz channels, select

Auto 20/40MHz

to allow the NBG-418N to

adjust the channel bandwidth automatically.

Security

Use this section to configure the wireless security between the NBG-418N and its wireless

clients.

Security Mode

Select

Static WEP

,

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

to add security on this wireless network. The

wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have same wireless security

settings as this device. After you select to use a security, additional options appears in this

screen. See

6.4.2

and

6.4.3

sections. Or you can select

No Security

to allow any client to

associate this network without authentication.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG-418N.

Reset

Click

Reset

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

Section	Page
NBG-418N	1
Contents Overview	3
Table of Contents	5
User’s Guide	11
Introduction	13
1.1 Overview	13
1.2 Securing the NBG-418N	14
1.3 LEDs	15
1.4 The WPS Button	15
1.5 Wall Mounting	16
The Web Configurator	17
2.1 Overview	17
2.2 Accessing the Web Configurator	17
2.3 Resetting the NBG-418N	19
2.3.1 Using the RESET Button	19
Connection Wizard	21
3.1 Wizard Setup	21
3.2 Connection Wizard: STEP 1: System Information	22
3.2.1 System Name	22
3.2.2 Domain Name	23
3.3 Connection Wizard: STEP 2: Wireless LAN	23
3.3.1 WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK Security	24
3.4 Connection Wizard: STEP 3: Internet Configuration	25
3.4.1 Ethernet Connection	26
3.4.2 PPPoE Connection	26
3.4.3 PPTP Connection	27
3.4.4 Your IP Address	28
3.4.5 WAN IP Address Assignment	29
3.4.6 IP Address and Subnet Mask	30
3.4.7 DNS Server Address Assignment	30
3.4.8 WAN IP and DNS Server Address Assignment	30
3.4.9 WAN MAC Address	31
3.5 Connection Wizard Complete	32
Modes	35
4.1 Overview	35
4.2 Setting your NBG-418N to Router Mode	36
4.2.1 Status Screen (Router Mode)	37
4.2.2 Router Mode Navigation Panel	42
4.3 Setting your NBG-418N to AP Mode	44
4.3.1 Status Screen (AP Mode)	45
4.3.2 AP Navigation Panel	47
4.4 Setting your NBG-418N to Universal Repeater Mode	48
4.4.1 Status Screen (Universal Repeater Mode)	49
4.4.2 Universal Repeater Navigation Panel	51
4.5 Setting your NBG-418N to Client Bridge Mode	52
4.5.1 Status Screen (Client Bridge Mode)	53
4.5.2 Client Bridge Navigation Panel	54
Tutorials	57
5.1 Overview	57
5.2 How to Connect to the Internet from an AP	57
5.2.1 Configure Wireless Security Using WPS on both your NBG-418N and Wireless Client	57
5.3 Enable and Configure Wireless Security without WPS on your NBG-418N	61
Technical Reference	65
Wireless LAN	67
6.1 Overview	67
6.2 What You Can Do	68
6.3 What You Should Know	69
6.3.1 Wireless Security Overview	69
6.4 General Wireless LAN Screen	70
6.4.1 No Security	72
6.4.2 WEP Encryption	73
6.4.3 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK	74
6.5 MAC Filter	75
6.6 Wireless LAN Advanced Screen	76
6.7 Quality of Service (QoS) Screen	78
6.8 WPS Screen	79
6.9 WPS Station Screen	80
6.10 Scheduling Screen	81
6.11 AP Select Screen	82
6.12 WLAN Info Screen	83
WAN	85
7.1 Overview	85
7.2 What You Need To Know	85
7.2.1 Configuring Your Internet Connection	85
7.3 Internet Connection	86
7.3.1 Ethernet Encapsulation	86
7.3.2 PPPoE Encapsulation	88
7.3.3 PPTP Encapsulation	90
LAN	93
8.1 Overview	93
8.2 What You Need To Know	93
8.2.1 IP Pool Setup	94
8.2.2 LAN TCP/IP	94
8.3 LAN IP Screen	94
DHCP Server	97
9.1 Overview	97
9.2 What You Can Do	97
9.3 What You Need To Know	97
9.4 General Screen	97
9.5 Advanced Screen	98
9.6 Client List Screen	100
Network Address Translation	101
10.1 Overview	101
10.2 What You Can Do	102
10.2.1 What You Need To Know	102
10.3 General NAT Screen	103
10.4 NAT Application Screen	104
10.5 Technical Reference	106
10.5.1 NAT Port Forwarding: Services and Port Numbers	106
10.5.2 NAT Port Forwarding Example	107
Dynamic DNS	109
11.1 Overview	109
11.2 Dynamic DNS Screen	109
Firewall	111
12.1 Overview	111
12.2 What You Can Do	111
12.3 What You Need To Know	112
12.3.1 About the NBG-418N Firewall	112
12.3.2 VPN Pass Through Features	112
12.4 General Firewall Screen	112
12.5 Services Screen	113
Remote Management	115
13.1 Overview	115
13.1.1 Remote Management Limitations	116
13.1.2 Remote Management and NAT	116
13.1.3 System Timeout	116
13.2 WWW Screen	116
Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP)	119
14.1 Overview	119
14.2 What You Need to Know	119
14.3 Configuring UPnP	120
14.3.1 Using UPnP in Windows XP Example	120
14.3.2 Web Configurator Easy Access	122
System	125
15.1 Overview	125
15.2 What You Can Do	125
15.3 System General Screen	125
15.4 Time Setting Screen	126
Logs	129
16.1 Overview	129
16.2 What You Need to Know	129
16.3 View Log Screen	129
Tools	131
17.1 Overview	131
17.2 What You Can Do	131
17.3 Firmware Upload Screen	131
17.4 Configuration Screen	133
17.4.1 Backup Configuration	133
17.4.2 Restore Configuration	133
17.4.3 Back to Factory Defaults	134
17.5 Restart Screen	134
Sys OP Mode	137
18.1 Overview	137
18.2 General Screen	137
Language	139
19.1 Language Screen	139
Troubleshooting	141
20.1 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs	141
20.2 NBG-418N Access and Login	142
20.3 Internet Access	143
20.4 Resetting the NBG-418N to Its Factory Defaults	144
20.5 Wireless Problems	145
IP Addresses and Subnetting	147
Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions	157
Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address	167
Wireless LANs	195
Common Services	209
Legal Information	213

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