User manual SMC 2586W-G

[. . . ] SMC2586W-G 1 Copyright Information furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. However, no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC. SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice. [. . . ] Additionally, you can disable the SSID broadcasts functionality so that a wireless client (STA or Bridge Slave) with an "ANY" SSID cannot associate with the SMC2586W-G. 42 Wireless Client Isolation is a feature for the SMC2586W-G in AP or Bridge Master mode to block wireless-to-wireless traffic between STAs so that the STAs cannot see each other. This way, hackers have no chance to attack other wireless users in a hotspot. When the Wireless client isolation setting is set to wireless clients (STAs) associated to this SMC2586W-G, which acts as an AP, cannot see each other, and wireless-to-wireless traffic between the STAs is blocked. When the setting is set to All APs in This Subnet, traffic among wireless users of different SMC2586W-Gs in the same IP subnet is blocked. 46 Behavior of the "This AP Only" wireless client isolation option. Fig. 47 Behavior of the "All APs on This Subnet" wireless client isolation option. 43 As illustrated in Fig. 46 when AP 1 and AP 2 are using the "This AP Only" option, AP1 blocks wireless traffic between STA 1 and STA 2, while wireless traffic between STA 2 and STA 3, which are associated with different APs, is still allowed. If the "All APs in This Subnet" option is used as shown in Fig. 47, AP 1 and AP 2 communicates with each other via an inter-AP protocol to share their STA association information to block wireless traffic among all the STAs. Only TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) mechanism of WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) is enabled. In this mode, you have to specify the Pre-shared key, which will be used by the TKIP engine as a master key to generate keys that actually encrypt outgoing packets and decrypt incoming packets. NOTE: The number of characters of the Pre-shared key setting must be at least between 8 and can be up to 63. The IEEE 802. 1x functionality is enabled and the user-name/password-based EAP-MD5 authentication is used. The IEEE 802. 1x functionality is enabled and the user-name/password-based EAP-MD5 authentication is used. The IEEE 802. 1x functionality is enabled and dynamic WEP key distribution authentication (EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, or PEAP) is used. This is a full WPA mode, in which both the TKIP and IEEE 802. 1x dynamic key exchange mechanisms are enabled. In the above security modes, a back-end RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server is needed if IEEE 802. 1x functionality is enabled. According to the IEEE 802. 11 standard, WEP can be used for authentication and data encryption. Normally, Shared Key authentication is used if WEP data encryption is enabled. In rare cases, Open System authentication may be used when WEP data encryption is enabled. The Authentication algorithm setting is provided for better compatibility with wireless client computers 44 with various WLAN network adapters. There are three options available, including Open System, Shared Key, and Auto. [. . . ] · Are the IP address of the client computer and the IP address of the SMC2586W-G in the same IP subnet?· Use WinIPCfg. exe or IPConfig. exe to see the current IP address of the client computer. Make sure the IP address of the client computer and the IP address of the SMC2586W-G are in the same IP subnet. TIP: If you forget the current IP address of the SMC2586W-G, use Wireless Router/AP Browser to get the information (see Appendix B-3). use the SMC Scan utility that is on the CD. [. . . ]