ParkerVision WR1500 User manual

REVISION: 2 / VERSION: 030904a / DATE: June 2004
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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
This device may not cause harmful interference.
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
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PACKAGE CONTENTS
• D2D™ Wireless WR1500 Wireless Router
• AC Power Adapter
• Manual on CD ROM
• CAT-5 Ethernet Cable
• Latest manual and software on-line at www.direct2data.com
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
• Computer with a 10/100 Ethernet Port, and a Web Browser equivalent to Internet Explorer Version 6
ParkerVision Horizons WR1500 Wireless Router works with any 802.11b/802.11g-compatible Wireless LAN
network, communicating with other computers using either a wireless 802.11b/802.11g interface, or with hard-wired
PC laptop/desktops with an available 10/100 LAN Port
This product is available for purchase in the U.S. only.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
You can access customer support 24 hours a day online at www.direct2data.com. This is the quickest way to access:
• Troubleshooting Guides
• Manuals
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
• Updated Drivers
You can also request help by sending an email to [email protected] or calling
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................7
PART I - GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................7
Chapter 1 - Getting to Know Your WR1500 ................................................................9
Chapter 2 - Introduction to the Web Confi guration Utility ..........................................16
Chapter 3 - Wizard Setup .........................................................................................19
PART II - SYSTEM, LAN, AND WIRELESS .........................................................................30
Chapter 4 - System Screens .....................................................................................31
Chapter 5 - LAN Screens ..........................................................................................32
Chapter 6 - Wireless Confi guration ...........................................................................33
Chapter 7 - Wireless Security ...................................................................................45
PART III - WAN’S - WIDE AREA NETWORKS ....................................................................57
Chapter 8 - WAN Confi guration Screens ..................................................................58
PART IV - SUA, NAT, AND STATIC ROUTE .......................................................................68
Chapter 9 - Single User Account (SUA) /
Network Address Translation (NAT) ......................................................68
Chapter 10 - Static Route .........................................................................................78
PART V - FIREWALL AND REMOTE MANAGEMENT ........................................................81
Chapter 11 - Introduction to Firewalls .......................................................................82
Chapter 12 - Firewall Confi guration Screens ............................................................88
Chapter 13 - Remote Management ..........................................................................99
PART VI - UPnP AND LOGS ..............................................................................................109
Chapter 14 - Universal Plug -n- Play (UPNP) Confi guration Screens ....................110
Chapter 15 - Logs Screen .......................................................................................116
PART VII - MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................125
Chapter 16 - Maintenance Information ...................................................................126
PART VIII - SMT GETTING STARTED SCREENS .............................................................136
Chapter 17 - Introducing the System Management Terminal (SMT) .......................137
Chapter 18 - General and WAN Setup ....................................................................142
Chapter 19 - LAN Setup ..........................................................................................147
Chapter 20 - Internet Access ..................................................................................156
PART IX - APPENDICES ....................................................................................................159
Appendix A - Troubleshooting .................................................................................160
Appendix B - Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address ............................................164
Appendix C - PPoE .................................................................................................173
Appendix D - PPTP .................................................................................................176

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INTRODUCTION
All ParkerVision Horizons products are designed and manufactured
by Direct2Data Technologies. Products are fully compliant with
IEEE 802.11b standards and are optimized to provide maximum
possible speed and bandwidth through your Internet connection for
fastest uploads and downloads.
The distance capabilities of your wireless network equipment
directly affect your signal quality. Distance capabilities are usually
stated in terms of outdoor, open fi eld reach. However, this reach is
greatly diminished indoors by walls, doors, construction techniques
and appliances that may block the radio signal. A wireless
network adapter that tests outdoors at 200 feet could, in an indoor
environment, provide 20 feet in one direction and as little as 5 or 10
feet in another direction. Factors such as building materials, fl oor
plans and furnishings can greatly impact the signal range, quality
and rate of data transmission. The extent to which your signal is
affected varies greatly depending on your environment.
Wireless network products powered by D2D technology will provide
better performance than other products because they can achieve
open fi eld distances of up to one mile, (when a D2D enabled
adapter is used in conjunction with a D2D enabled base station).
The D2D adapter alone provides 3 to 7 times the distance of other
leading brands. This is suffi cient to reach all rooms in most homes
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The following chapters are structured as
a step-by-step guide to help you connect,
install and setup your ParkerVision WR1500
Wireless Router.
Part I
Getting Started

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Chapter 1:
Getting to Know Your ParkerVision
WR1500 Wireless Router
This chapter introduces the main features of the ParkerVision WR1500 Wireless Router
1.1 Introduction
The ParkerVision WR1500 Wireless Router provides wireless connectivity. As an Internet
gateway, your WR1500 Wireless Router can share an Internet connection (through a
cable or xDSL modem) with multiple computers using SUA/NAT and DHCP. The WR1500
Wireless Router offers highly secured wireless connectivity to your wired network with IEEE
802. lx, WEP data encryption and MAC address fi ltering.
The WR1500 Wireless Router is easy to install and confi gure. The embedded web-
based confi gurator and SNMP network management enables remote confi guration and
management of your WR1500 Wireless Router.
1.2 Features of the ParkerVision PC WR1500 Wireless Router
The following are the essential features of the ParkerVision WR1500 Wireless Router .
4-Port Switch
A combination of switch and router makes your WR1500 Wireless Router a cost-effective and
viable network solution. You can connect up to four computers to the LAN ports on your WR150
Wireless Router without the cost of a hub.
10/100M Auto-negotiating Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Interface
This auto-negotiating feature allows the WR1500 Wireless Router to detect the speed of
incoming transmissions and adjust appropriately without manual intervention. It allows data
transfer of either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex mode depending on
your Ethernet network.
10/100M Auto-crossover Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Interface.
The LAN interface automatically adjusts to either a crossover or straight-through
Ethernet cable. 10/100 Mbps Ethernet WAN.
The 10/100 Mbps Ethernet WAN port attaches to the Internet via broadband modem or
router.
Reset Button
The WR1500 Wireless Router reset button is built into the rear panel. Use this button to restore
the factory default password to 1234; IP address to 192.168.1.1, subnet mask to 255.255.255.0
and DHCP sever enabled with a pool of 32 IP addresses starting at 192.168.1.33.
Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection
The WR1500 Wireless Router has a special protection mechanism to discourage brute-force
password guessing attacks on the WR1500 Wireless Router’s management interfaces. You
can specify a wait-time that must expire before entering a fourth password after three incorrect
passwords have been entered. Please see the appendix for details about this feature.

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WR1500 Wireless Router LED
The blue WR1500 Wireless Router LED (also known as the Breathing LED) is on when the WR1500
Wireless Router is on and blinks (or breaths) when data is being transmitted to/from its wireless stations.
You may use the web confi gurator to turn this LED off even when the WR1500 Wireless Router is on and
data is being transmitted/received.
802.11b Wireless LAN Standard
WR1500 Wireless Router products containing the letter “B” in the model name, such as WR1500
Wireless Router B-2000, WR1500 Wireless Router B-2000 v.2, comply with the 802.1 lb wireless
standard.
The 802.1 lb data rate and corresponding modulation techniques are as follows. The modulation
technique defi nes how bits are encoded onto radio waves.
Output Power Management
Power Management is the ability to set the level of output power.
There may be interference or diffi culty with channel assignment when there is a high density
of APs within a coverage area. In this case you can lower the output power of each Wireless
Router, thus enabling you to place Wireless Routers closer together.
Limit the number of Client Connections
You may set a maximum number of wireless stations that may connect to the WR1500
Wireless Router. This may be necessary if for example, there is diffi culty with channel
assignment due to a high density of APs within a coverage area.
SSL Passthrough
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) uses a public key to encrypt data that’s transmitted over an
SSL connection. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL, and many web
sites use the protocol to obtain confi dential user information, such as credit card numbers.
By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with “https” instead of “http”. The
WR1500 Wireless Router allows SSL connections to take place through the WR1500 Wireless
Router.
Firewall
The WR1500 Wireless Router employs a stateful inspection fi rewall with DoS (Denial of
Service) protection. By default, when the fi rewall is activated, all incoming traffi c from the WAN
to the LAN is blocked unless it is initiated from the LAN. The WR1500 Wireless Router fi rewall
supports TCP/UDP inspection, DoS detection and prevention, real time alerts, reports and logs.
IEEE 802.1 x Network Security
The WR1500 Wireless Router supports the IEEE 802. lx standard to enhance user
authentication. Use the built-in user profi le database to authenticate up to 32 users using MD5
encryption. Use an EAP-compatible RADIUS (RFC2138,2139 - Remote Authentication Dial
In User Service) server to authenticate a limitless number of users using EAP (Extensible
Authentication Protocol). EAP is an authentication protocol that supports multiple types of
authentication.
Wireless LAN MAC Address Filtering
Your WR1500 Wireless Router checks the MAC address of the wireless station against a list
of allowed or denied MAC addresses.
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
Using the standard TCP/IP protocol, the WR1500 Wireless Router and other UPnP-enabled
devices can dynamically join a network, obtain an IP address and convey its capabilities to
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Dynamic DNS Support
With Dynamic DNS support, you can have a static hostname alias for a dynamic IP address,
allowing the host to be more easily accessible from various locations on the Internet. You must
register for this service.
PPPoE Support (RFC2516)
PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) emulates a dial-up connection. It allows your ISP
to use their existing network confi guration with newer broadband technologies such as ADSL. The
PPPoE driver on the WR1500 Wireless Router is transparent to the computers on the LAN, which
see only Ethernet and are not aware of PPPoE thus saving you from having to manage PPPoE
clients on individual computers.
PPTP Encapsulation
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables secure transfer of
data from a remote client to a private server, creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using a
TCP/IP-based network. PPTP supports on-demand, multi-protocol and virtual private networking
over public networks, such as the Internet. Use PPTP to connect to a broadband modem to
achieve access to high-speed data networks via a familiar “dial-up networking” user interface.
Network Address Translation (NAT)
NAT (Network Address Translation - NAT, RFC 1631) allows the translations of multiple IP
addresses used within one network to different IP addresses known within another network.
NAT for Single-IP-address Internet Access
The WR1500 Wireless Router’s SUA (Single User Account) feature allows multiple-user Internet
access for the cost of a single IP account. NAT supports popular Internet applications such as
MS traceroute, CuSeeMe, IRC, RealPlayer, VDOLive, Quake, and PPTP. No confi guration is
needed to support these applications.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Confi guration Protocol)
DHCP (Dynamic Host Confi guration Protocol) allows the individual clients (computers) to obtain
the TCP/IP confi guration at start-up from a centralized DHCP server. The WR1500 Wireless
Router has built-in DHCP server capability enabled by default. It can assign IP addresses, an IP
default gateway and DNS servers to DHCP clients. The WR1500 Wireless Router also acts as a
surrogate DHCP server (DHCP Relay) where it relays IP address assignment from the actual real
DHCP server to the clients.
Multicast
Traditionally, IP packets are transmitted in two ways - unicast or broadcast. Multicast is a third
way to deliver IP packets to a group of hosts. IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is the
protocol used to support multicast groups. The latest version is version 2 (see RFC 2236). The
WR1500 Wireless Router supports versions 1 and 2.
IP Alias
IP Alias allows you to partition a physical network into logical networks over the same Ethernet
interface. The WR1500 Wireless Router supports three logical LAN interfaces via its single
physical Ethernet LAN interface with the WR1500 Wireless Router itself as the gateway for each
LAN network.
IP Policy Routing
IP Policy Routing provides a mechanism to override the default routing behavior and alter
packet forwarding based on the policies defi ned by the network administrator.
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SNMP
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol used for exchanging
management information between network devices. SNMP is a member of the TCP/IP
protocol suite. Your WR1500 Wireless Router supports SNMP agent functionality, which allows a
manger station to manage and monitor the SNMP
WR1500 Wireless Router through the network. The WR1500 Wireless Router supports SNMP
version one (SNMPvl) and version two c (SNMPv2c).
Full Network Management
The embedded web confi gurator is an all-platform web-based utility that allows you to easily
access the WR1500 Wireless Router’s management settings. Most functions of the WR1500
Wireless Router are also software confi gurable via the SMT(System Management Terminal)
interface. The SMT is a menu-driven interface that you can access from a terminal emulator
through the console port or over a telnet connection.
• Logging and Tracing
• Built-in message logging and packet tracing.
• Unix syslog facility support.
• Diagnostics Capabilities
The WR1500 Wireless Router can perform self-diagnostic tests. These tests check the
integrity of the following circuitry:
• FLASH memory
• DRAM
• LAN port
• Wireless port
Embedded FTP and TFTP Servers
The WR1500 Wireless Router’s embedded FTP and TFTP servers enable fast fi rmware upgrades
as well as confi guration fi le backups and restoration.
Wireless Association List
With the Wireless Association List, you can see the list of the wireless stations that are currently
using the WR1500 Wireless Router to access your wired network.
Wireless LAN Channel Usage
The Wireless Channel Usage displays whether the radio channels are used by other wireless
devices within the transmission range of the WR1500 Wireless Router. This allows you to select
the channel with minimum interference for your WR1500 Wireless Router.

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1.3 Application for the WR1500 Wireless Router
Here is an application example of what you can do with your WR1500 Wireless Router.
1.3.1 Internet Access Application
Add a wireless LAN to your existing network without expensive network cables. Wireless stations
can move freely anywhere in the coverage area and use resources on the wired network.

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1.4 Installing Your WR1500 Wireless Router
This section will show you how to physically hook up your WR1500 Wireless Router.
1.4.1 Installation Options
The WR1500 is a powerful, feature-rich wireless router that can be used in a variety of installation
schemes.
The following sections will detail the most common installation schemes. More advanced setups
are explained in detail in later chapters of this manual.
1.4.2 Box Contents
The box your WR1500 came in should contain the following items:
• WR1500 Wireless Router Unit
• Two Antennas
• One CAT-5 Ethernet Cable
• One AC Power Adapter
• Printed Quick Start Guide
• CD ROM containing the electronic version of this manual
1.4.3 What You Will Need to Install and Setup the WR1500
It is possible to setup the WR1500 using an existing Wi-Fi connected computer or laptop.
However, for security reasons it is advised that you perform the initial setup using a computer
that is connected to the WR1500 with a common CAT-5 Ethernet Cable, as shown below.

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1.4.3 Connecting the WR1500 to Your Computer for Initial Confi guration
The rear panel of the WR1500 contains several ports, as described below:
For initial setup, you should have:
• The power adapter plugged into the WR1500 as shown, and this adapter plugged into a surge-
protected electrical outlet
• Your Cable or DSL modem’s Ethernet cable plugged into the Internet In port as shown above
• An Ethernet cable plugged into the router port 1 as shown above, and the other end of this cable
plugged into your computer’s Ethernet port
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Plug the AC Adapter
into this port.
Plug your computer’s Ethernet
cable into Port 1. The
remaining ports can to be used
with other computers in a hard-
wired router fashion
Plug your cable or DSL
modem’s Ethernet
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Chapter 2:
Introducing
the Web Confi guration Utility
This chapter describes how to access the WR1500 Wireless Router Web Confi guration Utility and
provides an overview of its screens.
2.1 Web Confi guration Utility Overview
The Web Confi guration Utility makes it easy to confi gure and manage the WR1500 Wireless
Router. The screens you see in the Web Confi guration Utility may vary somewhat from the ones
shown in this document due to differences between individual WR1500 Wireless Router models or
fi rmware versions.
2.2 Accessing the WR1500 Wireless Router Web Confi guration Utility
Step 1. Make sure your WR1500 Wireless Router hardware is properly connected (refer to the
Chapter 1 of this manual).
Step 2. Prepare your computer to connect to the WR1500 Wireless Router
(refer to the Setting Up
Your Computer’s IP Address appendix).
Step 3. Launch your web browser.
Step 4. Type “http://192.168.1.1” as the URL Address fi eld.
Step 5. Type “1234” (default) as the password and click Login. In some versions, the default
password appears automatically - if this is the case, click Login.
Step 6. You should see a screen asking you to change your password (highly recommended)
as shown next. Type a new password (and retype it to confi rm) and click Apply or click
Ignore to allow access without password change.
Note - If the default password
of “1234” is not accepted,
refer to the next page of this
manual and go through the
reset procedure to set all
parameters back to factory
defaults.
Then try the above steps
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Step 7. You should now see the MAIN MENU screen.
The WR1500 Wireless Router automatically times out after fi ve minutes of inactivity.
Simply log back into the WR1500 Wireless Router if this happens to you.
2.3 Resetting the WR1500 Wireless Router
If you forget your password or cannot access the WR1500 Wireless Router, you will need to
reload the factory-default confi guration fi le or use the RESET button on the side panel of the
WR1500 Wireless Router. Uploading this confi guration fi le replaces the current confi guration
fi le with the factory-default confi guration fi le. This means that you will lose all confi gurations that
you had previously and the speed of the console port will be reset to the default of 9600bps
with 8 data bit, no parity, one stop bit and fl ow control set to none. The password will be reset to
“1234”, also.
2.3.1 Procedure to Use the Reset Button
Make sure the SYS LED is on (not blinking) before you begin this procedure.
Step 1. Press the RESET button for more than fi ve seconds, and then release it. If the
SYS LED begins to blink, the defaults have been restored and the WR1500 Wireless
Router restarts. Otherwise, go to step 2.
Step 2. Turn the WR1500 Wireless Router off.
Step 3. While pressing the RESET button, turn the WR1500 Wireless Router on.
Step 4. Continue to hold the RESET button. The SYS LED will begin to blink and fl icker very
quickly after about 10 or 15 seconds. This indicates that the defaults have been
restored and the WR1500 Wireless Router is now restarting.
Step 5. Release the RESET button and wait for the WR1500 Wireless Router to fi nish
restarting.
2.3.2 Uploading a Confi guration File via Console Port
This method is only applicable to WR1500 Wireless Router models with a console port
.
Step 1. Download the default confi guration fi le from the WR1500 Wireless Router FTP site,
unzip it and save it in a folder.
Step 2. Turn off the WR1500 Wireless Router, begin a terminal emulation software session
and turn on the WR1500 Wireless Router again.
When you see the message “Press any key to enter Debug Mode within 3 seconds”,
press any key to enter debug mode.
Step 3. Enter “y” at the prompt below to go into debug mode.
Step 4. Enter “atlc” after “Enter Debug Mode” message.
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2.3.2 Uploading a Confi guration File via Console Port - Continued
Step 5. Wait for “Starting XMODEM upload” message before activating Xmodem upload on
your terminal. This is an example Xmodem confi guration upload using
HyperTerminal.
Step 6. Click Transfer, then Send File to display the following screen.
Step 7. After successful fi rmware upload, enter “atgo” to restart the WR1500 Wireless Router.
2.4 Navigating the WR1500 Wireless Router Web Confi guration Utility
The following summarizes how to navigate the Web Confi guration Utility from the MAIN MENU
screen. Follow the instructions you see in the MAIN MENU screen or click the IBs] icon (located
in the top right corner of most screens) to view online help.

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This chapter provides information on the Wizard Setup screens in the Web Confi guration
Utility.
3.1 Wizard Setup Overview
The Web Confi guration Utility’s setup wizard helps you confi gure your WR1500 Wireless
Router for Internet access and set up wireless LAN.
3.1.1 Channel
The range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.1 lb wireless devices is called a “channel”.
Channels available depend on your geographical area. You may have a choice of channels
(for your region) so you should use a different channel than an adjacent AP (Wireless Router)
to reduce interference. Interference occurs when radio signals from different Wireless Routers
overlap causing interference and degrading performance.
Adjacent channels partially overlap however. To avoid interference due to overlap, your AP
should be on a channel at least fi ve channels away from a channel that an adjacent AP is
using. For example, if your region has 11 channels and an adjacent AP is using channel 1,
then you need to select a channel between 6 or 11.
The WR1500 Wireless Router’s “Scan” function is especially designed to automatically scan
for a channel with the least interference.
3.1.2 ESS ID
An Extended Service Set (ESS) is a group of Wireless Routers or wireless gateways
connected to a wired LAN on the same subnet. An ESS ID uniquely identifi es each set. All
Wireless Routers or wireless gateways and their associated wireless stations in the same set
must have the same ESSID.
3.1.3 WEP Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless
network. WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless stations
and the Wireless Routers to keep network communications private. It encrypts unicast and
multicast communications in a network. Both the wireless stations and the Wireless Routers
must use the same WEP key for data encryption and decryption.
Chapter 3:
Wizard Setup

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3.2 Wizard Setup: General Setup
General Setup contains administrative and system-related information.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
LABEL DESCRIPTION
System Name It is recommended you type your computer’s “Computer name”, some ISPs check this name
you should enter your computer’s “Computer Name”.
> In Windows 2000, click Start, Settings, Control Panel and then double-click System.
Click the Network Identifi cation tab and then the Properties button. Note the entry for the
Computer name fi eld and enter it as the System Name.
> In Windows XP, click Start, My Computer, View system information and then click the
Computer Name tab. Note the entry in the Full computer name fi eld and enter it as the
WR1500 Wireless Router System Name.
This name can be up to 30 alphanumeric characters long. Spaces are not allowed, but
dashes”-” and underscores”_” are accepted.
Domain Name The Domain Name entry is what is propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN. Type the
domain name (if you know it) here. If you leave this fi eld blank, the ISP may assign a domain
name via DHCP. The domain name entered by you is given priority over the ISP assigned
domain name.
Next Click Next to proceed to the next screen.

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3.3 Wizard Setup: Wireless LAN Setup
Set up your wireless LAN using the second wizard screen.
LABEL DESCRIPTION
ESSID Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.
If you change this fi eld on the WR1500 Wireless Router, make sure all wireless stations use
the same ESSID in order to access the network.
Choose
Channel ID
To manually set the WR1500 Wireless Router to use a channel, select a channel from the
drop-down list box. Open the Channel Usage Table screen to make sure the channel is not
already used by another AP or independent peer-to-peer wireless network.
To have the WR1500 Wireless Router automatically select a channel, click Scan instead.
Scan Click this button to have the WR1500 Wireless Router automatically scan for and select a
channel with the least interference.
WEP
Encryption
Select Disable allows all wireless computers to communicate with the Wireless Routers
without any data encryption.
Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to allow data encryption.
ASCII Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as the WEP keys.
HEX Select this option to enter hexadecimal characters as the WEP keys.
The preceding “Ox” is entered automatically. Leave this in front of
your key.
Key 1 to Key 4 used to encrypt data. Both the WR1500 Wireless Router and the wireless stations must use
the same WEP key for data transmission.
If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters
(“0-9”, “A-F”). If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal
characters (“0-9”, “A-F”).
You must confi gure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time. The
default key is key 1.
Next Click Next to continue.
Back Click Back to return to the previous screen.
Refer to the chapter on wireless LAN for more information.