Creating And Securing Your Wireless Network - Axentra net-box Getting Started Manual

Axentra™ Net-Box Getting Started Guide

Creating and Securing your Wireless Network

Networks with Ethernet cables have predominated in businesses, schools, and homes for several
decades. Recently however, wireless local area networking alternatives (Wi-Fi, short for "wireless fidelity")
have emerged as the premier technology for building new computer networks. Your Net-Box makes it
simple to expand your digital network throughout your home or office without drilling holes and take
advantage of the Wi-Fi connectivity revolution.
Connecting any wireless device such as digital media players, hubs, desktops, laptops, PDAs and Tablet
PCs to your Net -Box is a no-brainer! Enabling your wireless network will allow your Net-Box to act as a
Wireless Access Point (WAP or AP for short).
Enjoy the convenience and freedom to access the Internet, your files, your email from anywhere in the
home or office without connecting to any cable. Move from room to room with your wireless PDA, laptop
or tablet PC and enjoy high-speed always-on connectivity. If your Axentra Net -Box is not wireless
enabled, then you will not see the setup options for this feature.
You can easily enable your Net-Box Wi-Fi access point functions on the Wireless Configuration page in
the Axentra Administration C enter, and consult your client computer's usage guide for instructions on how
to connect to it.
Your Net-Box uses Wired Equivalent Privacy (WAP) encryption to attempt to protect the data transmitted
wirelessly between the Net-Box and your client computer.
NOTE: Please be aware that no encryption method is completely secure. As with any other wireless
device (cordless phone, etc.) your information can be eavesdropped upon by other parties. While using
WEP makes it harder to decrypt your information, it can not prevent determined individuals from doing so.
To activate and secure your Wireless network:
Log in your Administration Center, as an administrator user.
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Choose the Wireless Configuration page on the left menu. If your Net -Box is not equipped with
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wireless hardware or it is not functioning properly you will not see the wireless setup options for
this feature.
You first assign a Network Name, which separates different wireless networks when they are
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operating in the same area.
- You then assign a WEP Key. A key is a long sequence of characters used for encryption. There
are two strength values for this: 40 bits or 104 bits. 104 bit WEP Keys offer better encryption and
are harder to crack. You may choose from Hexadecimal (numbers from 0-9 and letters from A-F)
or Alphanumeric (numbers from 0-9 and letters from A-Z). Finally, you enter the WEP Encry ption
key itself. Enter a hexadecimal or alphanumeric key to encrypt the data that is being transferred.
For hexadecimal keys, enter 10 characters for 40 bit encryption or 26 characters for 104 bit
encryption. For alphanumeric keys, enter 5 characters for 40 bit encryption or 13 characters for
104 bit encryption.
- Click Apply and your wireless network will be configured.
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