Asus WLAM604g User Manual - Page 19

WL-AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router User Manual xDSL LAN 4 3 2 1 AP LINK ACT ! Wireless settings This chapter describes how to configure the wireless features of your ASUS WLAM604g 11g ADSL Wireless Router. Setting up an SSID Service Set Identifier (SSID) is also known as the name of a wireless network. To connect a wireless router, or to form a wireless bridge system, all wireless routers or APs or clients must have the same SSID. To set up an SSID: 1. Click Wireless -> Basic in the navigation menu to open the configuration page. 2. Select Enable Wireless checkbox. If you want to hide your WL-AM604g from wireless scanning, select Hide Access Point. But if the wireless clients have the correct SSID, they can still connect to your WL-AM604g. 3. Define the SSID for your WL-AM604g. The default SSID is Default. 4. Press Save/Apply to save and activate the settings. Setting up a wireless security To protect your wireless network, you need to set up a security mechanism at both WL-AM604g and the wireless clients. Network authentication Network authentication uses certain types of mechanism to identify authenticated wireless clients. WL-AM604g supports the following authentication methods: Open: Shared: 802.1X: This option disables authentication protection for your wireless network. Under the Open mode, any IEEE802.11b/g wireless client can connect to your wireless network. This means using the same WEP keys for authentication and encryption. 802.1X uses RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-Up User Service) server to authenticate wireless clients with a username and password. It can authenticate users with different levels of access rights. 17