User manual IOGEAR GWA501

[. . . ] Wireless-G Broadband Gateway User Manual (GWA501) ® ® Welcome Thank you for choosing IOGEAR® to serve your wireless needs. Soon, you will be sharing files or surfing the Internet wirelessly in no-time. We hope you will have as much fun using your IOGEAR® Wireless-G Broadband Gateway, as we had designing it. Rest assured, your IOGEAR® Wireless-G Broadband Gatewayt is built rock-solid to ensure maximum up-time for you to stay up-and-running. [. . . ] · SSID & Channel Here is where you may modify the SSID and Channel of your Wireless-G Broadband Gateway SSID (Service Set ID, or Network Name): Enter the name you wish to give your Wireless-G Broadband Gateway (ex. Every Wireless Clients (PC card, USB and PCI adaptors) in your network must be configured to accept with the same SSID. Channel It can be left as Default, unless you plan on using multiple access points. When multiple Wireless Networks presenting, please ensure they are not using the same channel, preferably at least 5 channels apart to each other. Broadcast SSID By broadcasting SSID, all wireless devices at surrounding area can see your wireless 28 Installation gateway and easy to associate with it. . However, it is a good security practice not to broadcast SSID, just configure SSID info to those client devices you want them to access you network. · Radio Setting Here you can configure Wireless radio settings. Please note that these settings are for advanced users or network administrators. If you are unfamiliar with how to configure these parameters, we recommend that you keep them at their default value. Mode The Wireless-G Broadband Gateway can be set at three wireless modes: Auto, 802. 11g only and 802. 11b only. If both 802. 11g and 802. 11b clients presenting at your network, please select "Auto" mode (This is default mode). "802. 11g only" mode only supports 802. 11g clients, and gives better performance to whole network. However, all 802. 11b clients will not be able to use your network at this mode setting. In some situation, 802. 11b clients with old drivers cannot work with Auto mode, "802. 11b only" mode can accommodate this problem, but decrease the performance of 802. 11g devices. 29 Installation · Authentication & Encryption It allows you to configure the setting of network authentication and data encryption. "Both" allows wireless client devices access your gateway no matter with shared key or not. "Share key only" only allows devices with same WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key to access your wireless gateway. "802. 1X" and "WPA" require you to type in Radius server IP and server key. "WPA-PSK" needs a pre-shared key to be set on your wireless gateway and all wireless client devices. For WPA configuration in details, please refer to "WPA and WPA-PSK Configuration Guide" at later part of the manual. For 64-bit WEP key, it should be five ASCII characters (a-z and 0-9, for example: gear56) or ten hexadecimal digits in length (a through f, and 0 through 9, for example: 2af30bc9d5); for 128 bit WEP key, the length will be 13 characters for ASCII or 26 digits for Hexadecimal. · Associated Client List It displays information of stations that are currently associated to your wireless gateway. You can check who are linking to your network, for security and activity monitoring purposes. 30 Installation · Association Control This page allows you to control which computers can connect to the Wireless-G Broadband Gateway. [. . . ] The Port Name box will automatically be filled in once you enter the IP address. Click "Next" once you are finished entering the IP address. 51 Operation 8. Select the "Standard" button and in the drop box, select "Generic Network Card". Click "Finish" to complete the "Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard". 53 Operation 10. [. . . ]