Table of Contents
VMG4381-B10A User’s Guide
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Chapter
7
Wireless
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7.1 Overview
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7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
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7.1.2 What You Need to Know
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7.2 The General Screen
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7.2.1 No Security
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7.2.2 Basic (WEP Encryption)
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7.2.3 More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK)
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7.2.4 WPA(2) Authentication
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7.3 The More AP Screen
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7.3.1 Edit More AP
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7.4 MAC Authentication
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7.5 The WPS Screen
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7.6 The WMM Screen
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7.7 The WDS Screen
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7.7.1 WDS Scan
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7.8 The Others Screen
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7.9 The Channel Status Screen
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7.10 Technical Reference
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7.10.1 Wireless Network Overview
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7.10.2 Additional Wireless Terms
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7.10.3 Wireless Security Overview
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7.10.4 Signal Problems
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7.10.5 BSS
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7.10.6 MBSSID
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7.10.7 Preamble Type
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7.10.8 Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
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7.10.9 WiFi Protected Setup (WPS)
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Chapter
8
Home Networking
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8.1 Overview
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8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
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8.1.2 What You Need To Know
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8.1.3 Before You Begin
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8.2 The LAN Setup Screen
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8.3 The Static DHCP Screen
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8.4 The UPnP Screen
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8.5 Installing UPnP in Windows Example
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8.6 Using UPnP in Windows XP Example
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8.7 The Additional Subnet Screen
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8.8 The STB Vendor ID Screen
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