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3) setting up virtual server in your lan – Asus WL-500W User Manual

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2. Select Yes to enable virtual

server. For example, if

host 192.168.1.100 is the

FTP server that the user

will access, it means all

packets from Internet with

destination port as 21 are to

be directed to the host. Set

Well-known Application to

FTP. Port range to 21, Local

IP to the host IP, Local Port

to 21, Protocol to TCP.

3. Click Finish.

4. Click Save & Restart to

restart the wireless router

and activate the settings.

Authentication
The authentication methods supported by WL-500W include: Open, shared key,

WPA-PSK, WPA, and Radius with 80.211x.

Open: This option disables authentication protection for wireless network. Under

Open mode, any IEEE802.11b/g client can connect to your wireless network.
Shared: This mode uses the WEP keys currently in use for authentication.
WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK: WPA stands for WiFi-Protected

Access. WPA provides two security modes: WPA for enterprise network, and

WPA-PSK for home and SOHO users. For enterprise network, WPA uses the

already existing RADIUS server for authentication; for home and SOHO user,

it provides Pre-Shared Key (PSK) for user identification. The Pre-Shared Key

consists of 8 to 64 characters.
Radius with 802.X: Similar with WPA, this solution also uses RADIUS server

for authentication. The difference lays on the encryption methods: WPA adopts

TKIP or AES encryption methods, while Radius with 802.1X does not provide

encryption.

When authentication and encryption are set, click Finish to save the settings and

restart the wireless router.

3) Setting up virtual server in your LAN

Virtual server is a Network Address Translation (NAT)

function which turns a computer within a LAN into a server

by allowing data packets of certain service, such as HTTP,

from Internet.

1. Click Virtual Server in NAT Setting folder to open the NAT

configuration page.