Gigabyte GN-BR03GM User Manual

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operating in your area) by selecting a channel from the drop-down list. 
 
SSID 
The SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the name of your wireless network. The 
SSID is up to 32 ASCII characters in length and case sensitive (i.e. Letters in 
upper case “A~Z” and lower case “a~z” are unique). The default SSID is 
“GIGABYTE”. To change the SSID, type in the SSID you want to use in the 
SSID field and click Submit. If you make a change to the SSID, any wireless 
devices on your network must also be reconfigured to connect to the new 
network name. 
 
Rate 
Select a wireless data transmission rate from the drop- down list. The default 
setting auto/best automatically detects and sets the optimum transmission rate. 
 
Hidden SSID
 
For security purposes, you may choose to hide your network’s SSID by 
selecting enable from the drop-down list. This will prevent computers scanning 
for the presence of wireless networks to detect your network name. The default 
setting is disable. 
 
Authentication Type 
 
Select an authentication type from the drop-down list. The default setting is 
Open System. 
 
Open System: The sender and the receiver do NOT share a secret key. Each 
party generates its own key-pair and asks the receiver to accept a randomly 
generated key. Once accepted, this key will only be used for a short period of 
time. Afterwards, a new key will be generated and agreed upon. 
 
Shared Key: Authentication is based upon a secret key shared by both the 
sender and the receiver. If Shared Key is selected, you cannot choose the 
WEP disable option. 
 
WPA Pre-shared key:, The WPA Pre-shared Key authentication standard uses 
a password or “ key” between 8 and 32 characters. This encryption key is 
changed after every dialog box using the Temporary Key Integrity Protocol 
(TKIP), which allows users to change keys based on dialog box and 
automatically synchronize keys between devices on the network.    The TKIP 
encryption algorithm is stricter than the one used by WEP but is based on the 
same standard.   
 
WPA: The 802.1x authentication protocol, allows users to authenticate wireless 
network access through a RADIUS Server and is a required by WPA standard. 
If no RADIUS Server exists in your network environment, you still can use WPA 
through the use of WPA Pre-shared Key. 
 
WEP Key 
The GN-BR03GM supports two WEP standards: 64-bit and 128-bit. The 64-bits