Table of Contents
PMG5317-T20A User’s Guide
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6.2 The Broadband Screen .....................................................................................................................75
6.2.1 Add/Edit Internet Connection ...................................................................................................75
Chapter 7
Wireless...............................................................................................................................................82
7.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................82
7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ............................................................................................82
7.1.2 What You Need to Know ..........................................................................................................82
7.2 The General Screen .........................................................................................................................83
7.2.1 No Security ..............................................................................................................................85
7.2.2 Basic (WEP Encryption) ..........................................................................................................86
7.2.3 More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK) ....................................................................................................87
7.3 The Guest/More AP Screen ..............................................................................................................88
7.3.1 Edit Guest/More AP ................................................................................................................89
7.4 MAC Authentication ..........................................................................................................................91
7.5 The WPS Screen ..............................................................................................................................92
7.6 The WMM Screen .............................................................................................................................94
7.7 The Others Screen ............................................................................................................................95
7.8 The Channel Status Screen ..............................................................................................................96
7.9 Technical Reference ..........................................................................................................................97
7.9.1 Wireless Network Overview .....................................................................................................97
7.9.2 Additional Wireless Terms .......................................................................................................99
7.9.3 Wireless Security Overview .....................................................................................................99
7.9.4 Signal Problems ....................................................................................................................101
7.9.5 BSS .......................................................................................................................................102
7.9.6 MBSSID .................................................................................................................................102
7.9.7 Preamble Type ......................................................................................................................103
7.9.8 WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) .................................................................................................103
Chapter 8
Home Networking.............................................................................................................................110
8.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 110
8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................................110
8.1.2 What You Need To Know ....................................................................................................... 110
8.1.3 Before You Begin ................................................................................................................... 112
8.2 The LAN Setup Screen ................................................................................................................... 112
8.3 The Static DHCP Screen ................................................................................................................. 116
8.4 The UPnP Screen ........................................................................................................................... 117
8.4.1 Turning On UPnP in Windows 7 Example ............................................................................. 118
8.5 The Additional Subnet Screen ........................................................................................................120
8.6 The TFTP Server Name Screen .....................................................................................................121
8.7 Technical Reference ........................................................................................................................121
8.7.1 LANs, WANs and the GPON Device .....................................................................................121