Limiting Access To Your Wifi Network To Certain Wifi Computers Or Devices - Hercules HWNRi-300 User Manual

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A hexadecimal key is composed of numbers 0 to 9 and letters A to F (example: A123BCD45E for a 64-bit key).
In the status zone, you can consult the overview of your WiFi settings. Make a note of the network name,
security type and key used.
- Click Modify to validate the new settings.
If you select the "MEDIUM (WEP 64-WEP 128)" security type:
- Enter a key with 10 hexadecimal characters or a password with 5 alphanumeric characters for WEP 64
security, or a key with 26 hexadecimal characters or a password with 13 alphanumeric characters for WEP
128 security.
A hexadecimal key is composed of numbers 0 to 9 and letters A to F (example: A123BCD45E for a 64-bit key).
An alphanumeric character corresponds either to a number (0-9), or to a letter (a-z or A-Z).
In the status zone, you can consult the overview of your WiFi settings. Make a note of the network name,
security type and key used.
- Click Modify to validate the new settings.
If you select NO (Disabled) security (not recommended):
If you don't apply any security, your network will not be protected. Any user, whether with bad
intentions or not, will be able to connect to it.
In the status zone, you can consult the overview of your WiFi settings. Make a note of the network name,
security type and key used.
Click Modify to validate the new settings.
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The WEP, WPA-PSK (TKIP) and WPA2-PSK (TKIP) security levels are not supported by the 802.11n-
2009 standard. If you select one of these security levels, data rates for the connection with WiFi clients will be
limited to 54Mbps.
3.6.3. Limiting access to your WiFi network to certain WiFi
computers or devices
Filtering by MAC address
computers and devices authorized to connect to your local area WiFi network.
A MAC address is a unique address created by the builder of the network device (WiFi or Ethernet), serving
to identify this element within a network.
Before enabling filtering, we recommend that you connect via WiFi all computers you wish to authorize.
is a complement to your security settings, allowing you to select the wireless
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