Motorola 2247-N8 Specifications download pdf (Page 27)

Enabling Closed System Mode on your wireless Gateway provides another level of security, since your wireless

LAN will no longer appear as an available access point to client PCs that are casually scanning for one.

Your own wireless network clients, however, must log into the wireless LAN by using the exact SSID of the Motor-

ola Netopia

Gateway.

In addition, if you have enabled WEP or WPA encryption on the Motorola Netopia

Gateway, your network clients

must also have WEP or WPA encryption enabled, and must have the same WEP or WPA encryption key as the

Motorola Netopia

Gateway.

Once the Motorola Netopia

Gateway is located by a client computer, by setting the client to a matching SSID, the

client can connect immediately if WEP or WPA is not enabled. If WEP or WPA is enabled then the client must also

have WEP or WPA enabled and a matching WEP or WPA key.

Wireless client cards from different manufacturers and different operating systems accomplish connecting to a

wireless LAN and enabling WEP or WPA in a variety of ways. Consult the documentation for your particular wire-

less card and/or operating system.

Block Wireless Bridging. Check the checkbox to block wireless clients from communicating with other wire-

less clients on the LAN side of the Gateway.

WEP Manual

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) Security is a Privacy option that is based on encryption between the Router and

any PCs (“clients”) you have with wireless cards. If you are not using WPA-PSK Privacy, you can use WEP

encryption instead. For this encryption to work, both your Router and each client must share the same Wireless

ID, and both must be using the same encryption keys.

You can provide a level of data security by enabling WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) for encryption of network

data. You can enable 40-, 128-, or 256-bit WEP Encryption (depending on the capability of your client wireless

card) for IP traffic on your LAN.

WEP - Manual allows you to enter your own encryption keys manually. This is a difficult process, but only needs to

be done once. Avoid the temptation to enter all the same characters.

◆ Key Length: Selects the length of each encryption key. The longer the key, the stronger the encryption and the

more difficult it is to break the encryption.

◆ Key: The encryption keys. You enter keys using hexadecimal digits. For 40/64bit encryption, you need ten dig-

its; 26 digits for 128bit WEP. Hexadecimal characters are 0 – 9, and a – f.

Examples:

• 40bit: 02468ACE02

• 128bit: 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789

Click the click Apply Changes button.

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