Air Live Router WL-5470AP User Manual

AirLive WL_5470AP User’s Manual 
16  LAN port adapter. 
The default value is Disabled. 
Security Press the setup button for detail configurations 
 
To provide a certain level of security, the IEEE 802.11 standard has defined two types of authentication 
methods: Open System or Shared Key. And WL-5470APv2 also support other wireless authentication and 
encryption methods for enhance your wireless network. 
With Open System authentication, a wireless PC can join any network and receive any messages that...

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Encryption WEP 
Authentication Type You can select Open System or Shared Key type for authentication. 
Key Length You can set 64bit or 128bit Encryption. 
Key Format Select ASCII if you are using ASCII characters (case-sensitive). 
Select HEX if you are using hexadecimal numbers (0-9, or A-F). 
Default TX Key You can enter 4 different Encryption Key and select one key to use as default. 
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Encryption You can select WPA-PSK (TKIP) or WPA-PSK (AES) method for data 
encryption. 
Pre-shared Key There are two formats for choice to set the Pre-shared key, i.e. Passphraseand 
Hex. If Hex is selected, users will have to enter a 64 characters string. For easier 
configuration, the Passphrase (at least 8 characters) format is recommended. 
Group Key Life Time Enter the number of seconds that will elapse before the group key change 
automatically. The default is...

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19  Encryption You can select WPA2-PSK (AES) or WPA2-PSK Mixed method for data 
encryption 
Pre-shared Key There are two formats for choice to set the Pre-shared key, i.e. Passphraseand 
Hex. If Hex is selected, users will have to enter a 64 characters string. For easier 
configuration, the Passphrase (at least 8 characters) format is recommended. 
Group Key Life Time Enter the number of seconds that...

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20  WPA is an encryption standard proposed by WiFi for advance protection by utilizing a password key (TKIP) 
or certificate. It is more secure than WEP encryption. 
 
Encryption: WPA2-AES / WPA2-Mixed 
The two most important features beyond WPA to become standardized through 802.11i/WPA2 are: 
pre-authentication, which enables secure fast roaming without noticeable signal latency. Pre-authentication
provides a way to establish a PMK security association before a client...

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21  Fragment Threshold value to split the packet.    The value can be set from 
256 to 2346. The default value is 2346. 
RTS Threshold RTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the “Hidden Node” 
problem. “Hidden Node” is a situation in which two stations are within range of 
the same Access Point, but are not within range of each other. Therefore, they 
are hidden nodes for each other. When a...

AirLive WL_5470AP User’s Manual 
22  automatically fall back to a lower rate. 
Preamble Type A preamble is a signal used in wireless environment to synchronize the 
transmitting timing including Synchronization and Start frame delimiter. In a 
noisy network environment, the Preamble Type should be set to Long
Preamble. The Short Preambleis intended for applications where minimum 
overhead and maximum performance is desired. If in a noisy network 
environment, the performance will be decreased. 
Broadcast...

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When Enable Wireless Access Control is checked, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses 
listed in the access control list can access this Access Point. If the list contains no entries with this function 
being enabled, then no clients will be able to access this Access Point. 
Wireless Access Control 
Mode Select the Access Control Mode from the pull-down menu. 
Disable: Select to disable...

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4.3 Client Mode Setting 
 
Alias Name You can set the alias name for this device. limited not exceed 32 characters. 
… Disable Wireless 
LAN Interface Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be 
able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are 
located. In other words, this device will not be visible by any wireless station. 
Band You can choose one mode of the following you need. 
~ 2.4GHz (B): 802.11b...

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25  Site Survey 
 
Site survey displays all the active Access Points and IBSS in the neighborhood. 
You can select one AP to associate. Press Site Survey button to search the 
wireless device that this client want to connect. 
Channel Number Allow user to set the channel manually or automatically. 
If set channel manually, just select the channel you want to specify. 
If “Auto” is selected, user can set...