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Section 3 - Coniguration Wireless Security Wireless security helps to prevent unauthorized users from accessing your wireless network, or seeing data being passed between the router and wireless clients. The GO-RT-N300 supports two popular wireless security protocols, you should select a protocol based on the wireless clients which will be accessing your network. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) - This is an older form of wireless security and should only be used if your wireless clients do not support the newer WPA or WPA2 protocols. Security Select WEP from the drop-down menu. Options: Authentication Select either Automatic or Shared Key as the Type: authentication type. Encryption Select the encryption strength from the drop-down menu. Strength: 64-bit - A 64-bit key comprises a string of 10 hexadecimal characters, or 5 ASCII characters. 128-bit - A 128-bit key comprises a string of 26 hexadecimal characters, or 13 ASCII characters. Key 1-4: You can predetermine up to 4 WEP keys. Select the WEP key you wish to use by clicking on the radio buttons next to the keys. Select whether you wish to use HEX or ASCII characters in your key using the drop-down menu. Enter the desired key in the ield provided. Click Apply to save the current settings. D-Link GO-RT-N300 User Manual 25

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D-Link GO-RT-N300 User Manual
Section 3 - Con±guration
Wireless Security
Wireless security helps to prevent unauthorized users from accessing your wireless network, or seeing data being passed
between the router and wireless clients. The GO-RT-N300 supports two popular wireless security protocols, you should select
a protocol based on the wireless clients which will be accessing your network.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) - This is an older form of wireless security and should only be used if your wireless clients do
not support the newer WPA or WPA2 protocols.
Select
WEP
from the drop-down menu.
Select either
Automatic
or
Shared Key
as the
authentication type.
Select the encryption strength from the drop-down menu.
64-bit
- A 64-bit key comprises a string of 10 hexadecimal
characters, or 5 ASCII characters.
128-bit -
A 128-bit key comprises a string of 26
hexadecimal characters, or 13 ASCII characters.
You can predetermine up to 4 WEP keys. Select the WEP
key you wish to use by clicking on the radio buttons next
to the keys. Select whether you wish to use
HEX
or
ASCII
characters in your key using the drop-down menu. Enter
the desired key in the ±eld provided.
Click
Apply
to save the current settings.
Security
Options:
Authentication
Type:
Encryption
Strength:
Key 1-4: