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WL-AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router User Manual
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Wireless settings
This chapter describes how to configure the wireless features of your ASUS WL-
AM604g 11g ADSL Wireless Router.
Setting up an SSID
Service Set Identifier (SSID) is also known as the name of a wireless network. To
connect a wireless router, or to form a wireless bridge system, all wireless routers or
APs or clients must have the same SSID.
To set up an SSID:
1. Click
Wireless -> Basic in the navigation menu to open the configuration page.
2. Select Enable Wireless checkbox.
If you want to hide your WL-AM604g from wireless scanning, select Hide Access
Point. But if the wireless clients have the correct SSID, they can still connect to your
WL-AM604g.
3. Define the SSID for your WL-AM604g. The default SSID is Default.
4. Press Save/Apply to save and activate the settings.
Setting up a wireless security
To protect your wireless network, you need to set up a security mechanism at both
WL-AM604g and the wireless clients.
Network authentication
Network authentication uses certain types of mechanism to identify authenticated
wireless clients. WL-AM604g supports the following authentication methods:
Open: This option disables authentication protection for your wireless network.
Under the Open mode, any IEEE802.11b/g wireless client can connect to
your wireless network.
Shared: This means using the same WEP keys for authentication and encryption.
802.1X: 802.1X uses RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-Up User Service) server
to authenticate wireless clients with a username and password. It can
authenticate users with different levels of access rights.