Using your Internet browser, you can access the Router’s Web-Based
Advanced User Interface. In your browser, type “192.168.2.1” (do
not type in anything else such as “
http://” or “www”). Then press
the “Enter” key.
You will see the Router’s home page in your browser window. The
home page is visible to any user who wants to see it. To make any
changes to the Router’s settings, you have to log in. Clicking the
“Login” button or clicking on any one of the links on the home page
will take you to the login screen. The Router ships with no password
entered. In the login screen, leave the password blank and click the
“Submit” button to log in.
Setting WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)
Like WPA security, WPA2 is available in both WPA2-Personal (PSK)
mode and WPA2-Enterprise (RADIUS) mode. Typically, WPA2-Personal
(PSK) is the mode that will be used in a home environment, while
WPA2-Enterprise (RADIUS) is implemented in a business environment
where an external radius server distributes the network key to the
clients automatically. Your Router supports WPA2-Personal (PSK).
1. After you’ve set up your Router, go to the “Security” page under
“Wireless” and select “WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)” from the
“Security Mode” drop-down menu.
2. For “Authentication”, select “WPA-PSK”, “WPA2-PSK”, or
“WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK”. This setting will have to be identical
on the wireless clients that you set up. “WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK”
mode will allow the Router to support clients running either WPA
or WPA2 security.
3. “Encryption Technique”, select “TKIP”, “AES”, or “TKIP+AES”.
This setting will have to be identical on the wireless clients that
you set up.
4. Enter your pre-shared key (PSK). This can be from eight to 63
characters and can be letters, numbers, or symbols. This same
key must be used on all of the wireless clients that you set up.
For example, your PSK might be something like: “Smith family
network key”. Click “Apply Changes” to finish. You must now set
all wireless clients to match these settings.
Logging out of the Router
One computer at a time can log into the Router for the purposes
of making changes to the settings of the Router. Once a user has
logged in to make changes, there are two ways that the computer
can be logged out. Clicking the “Logout” button will log the
computer out. The second method is automatic. The login will time
out after a specified period of time. The default login time-out is
10 minutes. This can be changed from one to 99 minutes. For more
information, see the section in this manual titled “Changing the Login
Time-Out Setting”.