Linksys WAG54G - Manual (Page 30)

23 Chapter 5: Configuring the Gateway
The Wireless Tab
Wireless-G ADSL Gateway
The Wireless Tab
Basic Wireless Settings (See Figure 5-13.)
This screen allows you to choose your wireless network mode and wireless security.
Wireless Network
• Wireless Network Mode. If you have 802.11g and 802.11b devices in your network, then keep the default
setting, Mixed. If you have only 802.11g devices, select 802.11g. If you have only 802.11b devices, select
802.11b. If you want to disable wireless networking, select Disabled.
• Wireless Network Name (SSID). Enter the name for your wireless network into the field. The SSID is the
network name shared among all devices in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in
the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 alphanumeric characters, which may be
any keyboard character. Linksys recommends that you change the default SSID (linksys) to a unique name of
your choice.
• Wireless Channel. Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network
settings, between 1 and 11 (in North America). All devices in your wireless network must use the same
channel in order to function correctly. Linksys wireless clients will automatically detect the wireless channel
of the Gateway.
Wireless Security
• Wireless SSID Broadcast. When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with,
they will detect the SSID broadcast by the Gateway. To broadcast the Gateway's SSID, keep the default
setting, Enabled. If you do not want to broadcast the Gateway's SSID, then select Disabled.
• WEP Encryption Level. An acronym for Wired Equivalent Privacy, WEP is an encryption method used to protect
your wireless data communications. WEP uses 64-bit or 128-bit keys to provide access control to your
network and encryption security for every data transmission. To decode data transmissions, all devices in a
network must use an identical WEP key. Higher encryption levels offer higher levels of security, but due to the
complexity of the encryption, they may decrease network performance. To enable WEP, select 64 bits (10
hex digits) (see Figure 5-13) or 128 bits (26 hex digits) (see Figure 5-14). To disable WEP encryption, keep
the default setting, No Encryption.
• Passphrase for keys. Instead of manually entering WEP keys, you can enter a passphrase. This passphrase is
used to generate one or more WEP keys. It is case-sensitive and should not be longer than 16 alphanumeric
characters. (This Passphrase function is compatible with Linksys wireless products only and cannot be used
Figure 5-14: 128-Bit WEP Encryption
Figure 5-13: 64-Bit WEP Encryption