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MSI RG60G Turbo 802.11b/g 4 port Wireless Broadband Router User Manual...
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Directive 1999/5/EC. The respective Declaration of conformity can be found online: http://www.msi-computer.de/support/dl_man.php Hiermit erklärt Micro Star International CO., LTD dass sich dieses Produkt in Übereinstimmung mit den grundlegenden Anforderungen und den anderen relevanten Vorschriften der Richtlinie 1999/5/EG befindet.
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- Gebäude, Bäume, etc. - Heizkörper, Stahlbeton, etc. - offen betriebene Computer, etc. - Mikrowellenherde, etc, Die Kommunikation zwischen unterschiedlichen WLAN- oder Bluetoothâ -Geräten ist von der jeweiligen Software und dem entsprechenden Versionsstand abhängig. MSI Technology GmbH Hanauer Landstraße 306 60314 Frankfurt...
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FCC Caution The device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement: The equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment.
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Important Safety Precautions Always read and follow these basic safety precautions carefully when handling any piece of electronic component. Keep this User Manual for future reference. Keep this equipment away from humidity. Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up. The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the equipment from overheating.
DMZ Host supported Get a networked computer be fully exposed to the Internet; this function is used when special application sensing tunnel feature is insufficient to allow an application to function correctly. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router Introduction MSI RG60G...
VPN Pass-through The router also supports VPN pass-through. l 802.1X supported When the 802.1X function is enabled, the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G keyword.
Customers can control some functions, like virtual server and packet filters when to access or when to block. 1.1.5 Other functions l UPNP (Universal Plug and Play)Supported The router also supports this function. The applications: X-box, Msn Messenger. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
CAT-5 UTP Fast Ethernet cable One Antenna Note: Experiencing the high throughput of the MSI Turbo G mode, MSI Turbo G series wireless products are highly recommanded as your best choices. MSI Turbo G mode is suggested to function with MSI Turbo G series wireless products to optimize performance.
The WAN port is sending or receiving data. Blinking Sending or receiving data via wireless An active station is connected to the corresponding LAN port. Blinking The corresponding LAN port is sending or receiving data. To reset system settings to factory defaults MSI RG60G Description...
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MSI RG60G 2.1.2 Rear Panel Antenna LAN Ports 1~4 Power WAN Port Figure 2-2 Rear Panel Port Description Power inlet Power The port where you will connect your cable (or DSL) modem or Ethernet WAN Port router. LAN Port 1-4 The ports where you will connect networked computers and other devices.
ON for about 10 seconds, and then M1 will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the self-test operation has finished. Finally, the M1 will be continuously flashed once per second to indicate that this product is in normal operation. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
A communication link between your computer and this product has been successfully established. Otherwise, if you get the following messages, Pinging 192.168.1.254 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router Network Settings and MSI RG60G...
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Is the TCP/IP environment of your computers properly configured? Tip: If the IP address of this product is 192.168.1.254, the IP address of your computer must be 192.168.1.X and default gateway must be 192.168.1.254. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
MSI RG60G Chapter 4 Configuring Wireless Broadband Router This product provides Web based configuration scheme, which is configuring by your Web browser, such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platforms.
MSI RG60G 4.1 Start-up and Log in Activate your browser, and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the exceptions. Then, type this product’s IP address in the Location (for Netscape) or Address (for IE) field and press ENTER.
MSI RG60G Setup Wizard will guide you through a basic configuration procedure step by step. Press ”Next”. Setup Wizard - Select WAN Type: For detail settings, please refer to 4.3.1 IP Setting. 4.3 Setup Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G 4.3.1 IP Setting – WAN Type, IP Mode Press “Change” This option is primary to enable this product to work properly. The setting items and the web appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose correct WAN type before you start.
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Host Name: optional. Required by some ISPs, e.g. @Home. Renew IP Forever: this feature enables this product to renew IP address automatically when the lease time is being expired even the system is in idle state. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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Maximum Idle Time: the time of no activity to disconnect your PPTP session. Set it to zero or enable Auto-reconnect to disable this feature. If Auto-reconnect is enabled, this product will connect to ISP automatically, after system is restarted or connection is dropped. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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Server IP Address: the IP address of the PPTP server. PPTP Account and Password: the account and password your ISP assigned to you. If you don't want to change the password, leave it blank. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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Connect-on-demand: The device will link up with ISP when the clients send outgoing packets. Auto-Reconnect (Always-on): The device will link with ISP until the connection is established. Manually: The device will not make the link until someone clicks the connect-button in the staus-page. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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1. Network ID (SSID): Network ID is used for identifying the Wireless LAN (WLAN). Client stations can roam freely over this product and other Access Points that have the same Network ID. (The factory setting is “MSI”) 2. Channel: The radio channel number. The permissible channels depend on the Regulatory Domain.
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IP address or the 802.1X server’s domain-name. RADIUS Shared Key Key value shared by the RADIUS server and this router. This key value is consistent with the key value in the RADIUS server. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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While ASCII is selected, the length of preshare key is from 8 to 63. Key value shared by the RADIUS server and this router. This key value is consistent with the key value in the RADIUS server. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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MSI RG60G WPA2-PSK (AES) 1. Select Pre-share Key Mode If you select HEX, you have to fill in 64 hexadecimal (0, 1, 2…8, 9, A, B…F) digits If ASCII is selected, the length of Pre-share key is from 8 to 63.
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MSI RG60G WPA2 (AES) Check Box was used to switch the function of the WPA. When the WPA function is enabled, the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service. RADIUS Server IP address or the 802.1X server’s domain-name.
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MSI RG60G WPA1/WPA2 Check Box was used to switch the function of the WPA. When the WPA function is enabled, the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service. RADIUS Server The router will detect automatically which Security type (WPA1 or WPA2) the client is used to encrypt.
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MSI RG60G 4.3.3 WDS The Wireless Distribution System (WDS) supports peer-to-peer AP communication. Select Enable to allow Bridge (WDS) mode between routers or Disable to block communication between routers. To enable WDS, set the Wireless Bridging (WDS) function to enable. Enter the Wireless MAC address of the router to communicate with in the form of two characters separated by a colon and click Save.
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MSI RG60G 4.3.4 Dynamic DNS To host your server on a changing IP address, you have to use dynamic domain name service (DDNS). In this case when someone needs to reach your host, all he needs to know is the name. Dynamic DNS will map the name of your host to your current IP address, which may change each time you connect to your Internet service provider.
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MSI RG60G 4.3.5 DHCP Server Click “More>>” The settings of a TCP/IP environment include host IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS configurations. It is not easy to manually configure all the computers and devices in your network. Fortunately, DHCP Server provides a rather simple step to handle all these settings.
Gateway: The Gateway Address would be the IP address of an alternate Gateway. This function enables you to assign another gateway to your PC, when DHCP server offers an IP to your PC. 4.4 Advanced Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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MSI RG60G 4.4.1 Basic Setting Discard PING from WAN side When this feature is enabled, any host on the WAN cannot ping this product. SPI Mode When this feature is enabled, the router will record the packet information pass through the router like IP address, port address, ACK, SEQ number and so on.
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LAN, it means the client can't send or receive any data via this device. Choose "allow" or "deny" to allow or deny the clients, whose MAC addresses are not in the "Control table", to associate to the wireless LAN. MSI RG60G...
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MAC address. You can select a specific client in the “DHCP clients” Combobox, and then click on the “Copy to” button to copy the MAC address of the client you select to the ID selected in the “ID” Combobox. MSI RG60G...
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Destination IP address · Destination port address · Protocol: TCP or UDP or both. · Use Rule# Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router table” into several pages. You can use these buttons to navigate to different pages. MSI RG60G...
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MSI RG60G For source or destination IP address, you can define a single IP address (4.3.2.1) or a range of IP addresses (4.3.2.1-4.3.2.254). An empty implies all IP addresses. For source or destination port, you can define a single port (80) or a range of ports (1000-1999). Add prefix "T"...
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MSI RG60G Example 2: (1.2.3.100-1.2.3.119) They can do everything except read net news (port 119) and transfer files via FTP (port 21) Others are all allowed. After Inbound Packet Filter setting is configured, click the save button. * Outbound Filter: To enable Outbound Packet Filter click the check box next to Enable in the Outbound Packet Filter field.
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MSI RG60G Example 1: (192.168.1.100-192.168.1.149) They are allowed to send mail (port 25), receive mail (port 110), and browse Internet (port 80); port 53 (DNS) is necessary to resolve the domain name. (192.168.1.10-192.168.1.20) They can do everything (block nothing) Others are all blocked.
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MSI RG60G (192.168.1.100-192.168.1.119) They can do everything except read net news (port 119) and transfer files via FTP (port 21) Others are allowed After Outbound Packet Filter setting is configured, click the save button. 4.4.4 Domain Filtering * Domain Filter Let you prevent users under this device from accessing specific URLs.
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MSI RG60G * Enable Check to enable each rule. Example: In this example: 1. URL include “www.msn.com” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file. 2. URL include “www.sina.com” will not be blocked, but the action will be record in log-file.
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MSI RG60G 4.4.5 URL Filtering * URL Blocking will block LAN computers to connect to pre-defined Websites. The major difference between “Domain filter” and “URL Blocking” is Domain filter require user to input suffix (like .com or .org, etc), while URL Blocking require user to input a keyword only. In other words, Domain filter can block specific website, while URL Blocking can block hundreds of websites by simply a keyword.
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MSI RG60G * Enable Check to enable each rule. In this example: 1. URL include “msn” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file. 2. URL include “sina” will be blocked, but the action will be record in log-file.
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* Static Routing: For static routing, you can specify up to 8 routing rules. You can enter the destination IP address, subnet mask, gateway, hop for each routing rule, and then enable or disable the rule by checking or unchecking the Enable checkbox. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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Packets to 192.168.1.11. Each rule can be enabled or disabled individually. After routing table setting is configured, click the save button. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router Subnet Mask Gateway 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.216 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.103 MSI RG60G Enabled ˇ ˇ...
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MSI RG60G 4.4.7 Schedule Rule You can set the schedule time to decide which service will be turned on or off. Select the “enable” item. Click “Add New Rule” You can write a rule name and set which day and what time to schedule from “Start Time” to “End Time”.
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MSI RG60G After configure Rule 1à Schedule Enable Check if you want to enable the Schedule. Edit To edit the schedule rule. Delete To delete the schedule rule. The Rule# after the deleted one will be decreased one automatically. Schedule Rule can be applied to Virtual Server and Packet Filter.
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MSI RG60G Example1: Virtual Server – Apply Rule#1 (ftp time: everyday 14:10 to 16:20) Example2: Packet Filter – Apply Rule#1 (ftp time: everyday 14:10 to 16:20). Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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For instance, if you have an FTP server (port 21) at 192.168.1.1, a Web server (port 80) at 192.168.1.2, and a VPN server at 192.168.1.6, you need to specify the following virtual server mapping table: Service Port Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router Server IP 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 1723 192.168.1.6 MSI RG60G Enable...
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MSI RG60G 4.4.9 DMZ * IP Address of DMZ Host DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone) Host is a host without the protection of firewall. It allows a computer to be exposed to unrestricted 2-way communication for Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony and other special applications.
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This product provides some predefined settings Select your application and click “Copy to” to add the predefined setting to your list. NOTE: At any given time, only one PC can use each Special Application tunnel. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
MSI RG60G 4.5 Administration 4.5.1 Change Password You can change password here. Changing the system password for security reason is highly recommended. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G 4.5.2 Firmware Upgrade You can upgrade firmware by clicking Firmware Upgrade button. 4.5.3 Backup Setting You can backup your settings by clicking the Backup Setting button and save it as a bin file. Once you want to restore these settings, please click Firmware Upgrade button and use the bin file saved.
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MSI RG60G 4.5.4 Reset to factory default You can also reset this product to factory default by clicking the Reset to default button. 4.5.5 Reboot You can also reboot this product by clicking the Reboot button. 4.5.6 System Time Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G * Get Date and Time by NTP Protocol Select if you want to Get Date and Time by NTP Protocol. * Time Server Select a NTP time server to consult UTC time * Time Zone Select a time zone where this device locates.
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MSI RG60G NOTE: When Remote Administration is enabled, the web server port will be shifted to 88. You can also change web server port to other port. * Administrator Time-out The time of no activity will logout automatically. Set it to zero to disable this feature.
MSI RG60G 4.5.9 Diagnostic This is the graphic interface of “Ping” command; you can enter the Domain Name or IP address to ping if it is working. 4.6 Status Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G 4.6.1 System Status This item shows the static data of the router. 4.6.2 System Log You can View system log by clicking the View Log button Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G 4.6.3 Log Notification This page supports two methods to export system logs to specific destination by means of syslog (UDP) and SMTP (TCP). The items you need to setup including: * IP Address for Syslog Host IP of destination where syslogs will be sent to.
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MSI RG60G 4.6.4 SNMP Setting In short, SNMP, the Simple Network Management Protocol, is a protocol designed to give users the capability to remotely manage a computer network by polling and setting terminal values and monitoring network events. * Enable SNMP You must check either Local or Remote or both to enable SNMP function.
5.1 Setup 5.1.1 Plug in your Turbo G WLAN Client Device (ex. PCI Card, USB Stick, Cardbus…etc) and follow on-screen setup steps to finish MSI Wireless Network Card Setup driver installation. 5.1.2 Choose MSI Configuration Tool for MSI Utility configuration.
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5.1.3 Select Optimize for performance mode. 5.1.4 Wait a few seconds until Setup has finished installing. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
MSI RG60G 5.3 Confirmation You may find out whether you’re in Turbo Mode by checking the following default value. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
Click Start button and choose Settings, then click Control Panel. Double click Network icon and select Configuration tab in the Network window. Click Add button to add network component into your PC. Double click Protocol to add TCP/IP protocol. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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Click Start button and choose Settings, then click Control Panel. b. Double click Network icon. Select the TCP/IP line that has been associated to your network card in the Configuration tab of the Network window. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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MSI RG60G c. Click Properties button to set the TCP/IP protocol for this NAT Router. d. Now, you have two setting methods: d.1 Check Obtain an IP address automatically in the IP Address tab. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G d.2 Do not enter any value under the Gateway tab. d.3 Choose Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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Select Specify an IP address in the IP Address tab. The default IP address of this product is 192.168.1.254. So please use 192.168.1.xxx (xxx is between 1 and 253) for IP Address field and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask field. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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MSI RG60G b. In the Gateway tab, add the IP address of this product (default IP is 192.168.1.254) in the New gateway field and click Add button. c. In the DNS Configuration tab, enter the DNS values which are provided by the ISP into DNS Server Search Order field and click Add button.
Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1a. Z-Com XI-725 wireless LAN USB adapter Driver version: 1.7.29.0 (Driver date: 10.20.2001) Authentication Windows 2000 RADIUS server with Service Pack 3 and HotFix Q313664. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router Server: MSI RG60G...
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3. Enter the shared key. (The key shared by the RADIUS server and DUT). 4. We will change 802.1X encryption key length to fit the variable test condition. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router (You can get more information from MSI RG60G...
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If choosing use smart card or other Certificate as the EAP type, we select to use a certificate on this computer. (Fig 3) d.2. We will change EAP type to fit the variable test condition. Figure 2: Enable IEEE 802.1X access control Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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Windows XP will prompt that the authentication process successful or not, and will end the authentication procedure. (Fig 6) a.7 Terminate the test steps when PC1 get dynamic IP and PING remote host work. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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MSI RG60G Figure 4: Certificate information on PC1 Figure 5: Authenticating Figure 6: Authentication success Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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2.PC2 is on Windows XP platform with Service Pack 1a. 3.PEAP is supported on Windows XP with Service Pack 1 only. 4.Windows XP with Service Pack 1 allows 802.1x authentication only when data encryption function is enabled. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
Appendix C WPA-PSK and WPA Wireless Router: LAN IP: 192.168.1.254 WAN IP: 192.168.122.216 Radius Server: 192.168.122.1 UserA : XP Wireless Card:Ti-11g Tool: Odyssey Client Manager Refer to: www.funk.com Download: http://www.funk.com/News&Events/ody_c_wpa_preview_pn.asp Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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In fact, it is not necessary for this function to be authenticated by Radius Server, the client and wireless Router could be authenticated by themselves. Method1: 1. Go to the Web manager of Wireless Router to configure, as illustrated below: Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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2. Go to Odyssey Client Manager, first choose “Network” You should verify if the software can show the wireless card beforehand. Open “Adapters” 3. Add and edit following settings: Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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Then Select “Connect to network” You will see: Method2: 1. First, patch windows XP and have to install Patch: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5039ef4a-61e0-4c44-94f0 -c25c9de0ace9 2. Then reboot. 3. Setting on the router and client: Router: Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router “Service package1” MSI RG60G...
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MSI RG60G Client: Go to “Network Connection” and select wireless adapter. Choose “View available Wireless Networks” like below: Advancedà choose “123kk” Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G A server is needed for authentication to enable this function. This function is similar with the one in 802.1x. Above is the environment. Method 1: 1. The User A or User B have to get certificate from Radius, first.
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MSI RG60G 2. Then, Install this certificate and finish. 3. Go to the Web manager of Wireless Router to configure, as illustrated below: 4. Go to Odyssey Client Manager, choose “Profiles” and Setup Profile name as “1” Login name and password are both fae1.
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MSI RG60G 5.Then Choose “certificate” like above. 6. Then go to Authentication tab, Remove EAP/ TLS and then Add EAP/TLS again. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G 7. Go to “Network” and Select “1” and click OK. 8. Back to Connection and Select “123kk”. If successful, the wireless client has to authenticate with Radius Server as below shows: Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G 9. Result: Method 2: 1. The User A or User B needs to get certificate from Radius first. http://192.168.122.1/certsrv User name: fae1 Password: fae1 2. Then Install this certificate and finish. 3. Setting on the router and client: Router: Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G Client: Go to “Network Connection” and select wireless adapter. Choose “View available Wireless Networks” like below: Advancedà choose “123kk” Select “WirelessCA and Enable” in Trusted root certificate authority: Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
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MSI RG60G Then, if the wireless client wants to associate, it has to request to authenticate. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router...
2. Restore directly when the router power on * First, push the RESET button about 5 seconds (M1 will start flashing about 5 times), remove the finger . The RESTORE process is completed. Turbo 802.11b/g 4 Port Wireless Broadband Router MSI RG60G...
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