User manual SIEMENS GIGASET SX553 WLAN DSL

[. . . ] EN Dear Customer, Gigaset Communications GmbH is the legal successor to Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co. Any statements made by Siemens AG or SHC that are found in the user guides should therefore be understood as statements of Gigaset Communications GmbH. Sehr geehrte Kundin, sehr geehrter Kunde, die Gigaset Communications GmbH ist Rechtsnachfolgerin der Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co. KG (SHC), die ihrerseits das Gigaset-Geschäft der Siemens AG fortführte. [. . . ] ­ Select Open to permit data transfer within the wireless network without the need to enter a key. You can choose either the standard 64-bit key or the more robust 128-bit key. You must use the same keys for encryption and decryption for the Gigaset SX553 WLAN dsl and all your wireless network adapters. ì Select the Key length: 64 bits or 128 bits. whether the key is to be entered manually or generated automatically by means of a Passphrase. Generating a key by means of a Passphrase keys are generated. ì Enter a Passphrase (up to 32 characters) and confirm it by entering it again. Four ì Select one of the four keys as the Default key. 86 Configuring the Advanced Settings Manual key entry . ì Select the Key type, Hex or ASCII. If you select Hex as the key type you can use the characters 0 to 9 and A to F. ­ With a 64-bit encryption depth the key is exactly 10 characters long. An example of a valid key: 1234567ABC ­ With a 128-bit encryption depth the key is exactly 26 characters long. An example of a valid key: 234567ABC8912345DEF1234567 If you select ASCII as the key type, you can use the characters 0 to 9, A to Z, and a to z plus the special characters in the ASCII character set. ­ With a 64-bit encryption depth the key is exactly 5 characters long. An example of a valid key: GIGA1 ­ With a 128-bit encryption depth the key is exactly 13 characters long. An example of a valid key: GIGASET_SE551 again in fields Confirm key 1 to Confirm key 4. ì Enter up to four keys in fields Key 1 to Key 4, and confirm them by entering them ì Select one of the four keys as Default key. 87 Configuring the Advanced Settings Note: u It is very important that you make a note of the key(s) that have been entered or generated. You will need this information to configure the wireless network adapters properly. u When you have concluded the configuration, you must change the WEP encryption in the wireless network adapters for the connected PCs in the same way as they will not otherwise be given access to the wireless network of the Gigaset SX553 WLAN dsl. ì Click OK to apply the settings. Allowed clients On this screen you can specify the PCs that are to have wireless access to the Gigaset SX553 WLAN dsl and hence to your LAN. In the Advanced Settings ­ Wireless Network menu, select Allowed Clients. The access control is based on the MAC addresss of the PC network adapters. ì Activate access control by selecting On in the MAC address filter field. 88 Configuring the Advanced Settings Entering PCs manually: fields. ì Enter the MAC address and Device name of the required PCs in the appropriate ì Click the Add button to add the entry to the list. ì From the Known wireless clients list (all PCs that currently have access to the ì Click the Add button to add the entry to the list. ì Apply the settings by clicking OK. Note: If you activate MAC access control, you must at least enter the PC on which you are configuring the Gigaset SX553 WLAN dsl. Otherwise you will have no access to the user interface and will receive a corresponding error message. If you have inadvertently denied all PCs access to the Gigaset SX553 WLAN dsl, you have two options: u You can completely reset the Gigaset SX553 WLAN dsl (see page 20). u You can connect a PC to the Gigaset SX553 WLAN dsl using one of the LAN Selecting from the list of logged-in PCs Gigaset SX553 WLAN dsl) select the PC that you wish to add to the access control. connections. As MAC access control only affects PCs that are connected wirelessly, you can use this PC to change the configuration. 89 Configuring the Advanced Settings Repeater function (WDS) If you use a repeater to extend the range in your wireless network, you must activate the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) function. In the Advanced Settings ­ Wireless Network menu, select Repeater (WDS). ì Next to Wireless distribution system, select On to activate WDS. The name of the client is shown in the Comment field. [. . . ] It will then direct incoming calls for a service via Port forwarding directly to the appropriate Port of the network component in question. Full duplex Data transfer mode in which data can be sent and received at the same time. See also: Half duplex VoIP Voice over IP See Internet telephony VPI Virtual Path Identifier Part of an address in an ATM network. WAN Wide Area Network A WAN is a network that is not restricted to one particular area, such as the Internet. [. . . ]