Buffalo Technology Buffalo AirStation G54 WLA-G54C - Manual (Page 7)

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Installation / Setup
3.5 Main Screen
The main screen is the gateway to all confi guration screens of the AirStation. For Advanced settings, click the
Advanced button detailed in
Section 4.
3.6 Basic Security
Click Encrypt the wireless communications by WEP to enter simple WEP settings to protect your
wireless data. Select Encrypt or No encrypt and then select either ASCII or HEX to input a password
(encryption code) to encrypt and protect wireless com mu ni ca tions. It is possible to enter up to 4 different
WEP keys. The WEP key must match between AirStation and clients for secure com mu ni ca tions.
Examples of WEP keys:
64-bit ASCII: 5 digits of alphanumeric characters,
“ab34Y”
128-bit ASCII: 13 digits of alphanumeric characters,
“123456abcdef7”
■ Note: ASCII WEP is case sensitive.
64-bit HEX: 10 digits, using characters 0-9 and a-f,
“00234ABCDE”
128-bit HEX: 26 digits, using characters 0-9 and a-f,
“20123456789abcdeabcdeabcde”
3.7 Basic MAC Address Registration
Click Register for allowable PC’s MAC address for basic MAC access restriction settings for the
AirStation. Input the MAC addresses that are allowed to communicate via the AirStation.
MAC address to be registered - Enter the
MAC address of the computers that are allowed
to communicate and click register. MAC Addresses
should be input in the form of two characters sepa-
rated by a colon and click Add.
MAC Address Ex: 00:00:00:00:00:00
List of PCs found on the Network - Com-
puters connected to the AirStation are shown and
can be registered by checking the
enable con-
nection checkbox and then clicking Change the
marked item.
Connection from unregistered wireless PCs Limit - Select Deny and no wireless connection
is allowed unless the wireless card’s MAC address is registered with the AirStation. Select Allow and all
wireless communication requests are granted.
Figure 3.6
Basic WEP
Setup
Figure 3.7
Basic MAC
Address
Registration
Figure 3.5
Main Setup
Screen