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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Dual Band Wireless-N Router WNDR3300 Reference Manual

2-8 Safeguarding Your Network

v1.0, February 2008

• 11N Channel or 11G Channel. These fields determine which operating frequency is used

for the 11N or 11G wireless networks. It should not be necessary to change the wireless

channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby wireless network.

For more information about the wireless channel frequencies, click the link to the online

document “Wireless Networking Basics” in Appendix B.

• Security Options. These options are the wireless security features that you can enable.

The security options displayed in this screen might change depending on the wireless

mode you select.

– For a detailed explanation of security standards, see “Choosing Appropriate Wireless

Security” on page 2-1, and the online document you can access from “Wireless

Networking Basics” in Appendix B, as defined by the IEEE 802.11 wireless

communication standard.

– For information about configuring WEP, see “Configuring WEP Wireless Security”

on page 2-8.

– For information about configuring WPA, see “Configuring WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK,

or WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK Wireless Security” on page 2-10.

3. Click Apply to save your settings.

Configuring WEP Wireless Security

WEP Shared Key authentication and WEP data encryption can be defeated by a determined

eavesdropper using publicly available tools.

WEP offers the following options:

• Open System. With Open System authentication and 64 or 128 bit WEP data encryption, the

WNDR3300 does perform data encryption but does not perform any authentication. Anyone

can join the network. This setting provides very little practical wireless security.

• Shared Key. With Shared Key authentication, a wireless device must know the WEP key to

join the network. Select the encryption strength (64 or 128 bit data encryption). Manually

enter the key values, or enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase field.

Manually entered keys are not case-sensitive, but passphrase characters are case-sensitive.

• Automatic. The wireless router automatically detects whether Open System or Shared Key is

used.

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