Linksys WRT54GS-FR User's Manual - Page 20

Instant Wireless® Series Keep Alive Option: Redial Period If you select this option, the Router will periodically check your Internet connection. If you are disconnected, then the Router will automatically re-establish your connection. To use this option, click the radio button next to Keep Alive. To use this option, click the radio button next to Keep Alive. In the Redial Period field, you specify how often you want the Router to check the Internet connection. The default Redial Period is 30 seconds. To save your changes on this page, click the Apply button. To cancel any unsaved changes on this page, click the Cancel button. To get more information about the features, click the Help button. LAN MAC Address The MAC Address of the LAN interface is displayed here. IP Address and LAN Subnet Mask The values for the Router's IP Address and Subnet Mask are shown here. The default values are 192.168.1.1 for the IP Address and 255.255.255.0 for the Subnet Mask. Wireless 2.4GHz, 54g, Wireless-G MAC Address The MAC Address of the wireless interface is displayed here. Mode If you have Wireless-G and 802.11b devices in your network, then keep the default setting, Mixed. If you have only Wireless-G devices, select G-Only. If you want to disable wireless networking, select Disable. SSID The SSID is the network name shared among all devices in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 alphanumeric characters, which may be any keyboard character. Make sure this setting is the same for all devices in your wireless network. For added security, Linksys recommends that you change the default SSID (linksys) to a unique name of your choice. SSID Broadcast When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the Router's SSID, keep the default setting, Enable. If you do not want to broadcast the Router's SSID, then select Disable. 32 Wireless-G Broadband Router Channel Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network settings, between 1 and 11 (in North America). All devices in your wireless network must use the same channel in order to function correctly. WEP An acronym for Wired Equivalent Privacy, WEP is an encryption method used to protect your wireless data communications. WEP uses 64-bit or 128-bit keys to provide access control to your network and encryption security for every data transmission. To decode data transmissions, all devicesWireless-G and 802.11b-in a network must use an identical WEP key. Higher encryption levels offer higher levels of security, but due to the complexity of the encryption, they may decrease network performance. To enable WEP encryption, click the Enable radio button. Then click the Edit WEP Settings button to configure the WEP settings. To disable WEP encryption, keep the default setting, Disable. To save your changes on this page, click the Apply button. To cancel any unsaved changes on this page, click the Cancel button. To get more information about the features, click the Help button. 2.4GHz, 54g, Wireless-G (WEP) The 2.4GHz, 54g, Wireless-G (WEP) screen allows you to configure your WEP settings. WEP encryption should always be enabled to increase the security of your wireless network. Figure 6-7 33