NETGEAR ProSafe FVS318N User manual

Basic Wireless Configuration and

Security

This quick start guide provides basic wireless configuration information for the ProSafe

Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N. For information about more complicated

wireless features, and for complete configuration steps, see the Reference Manual. This quick

start guide contains the following sections:

•Default Wireless Settings

•Wireless Equipment Placement and Range Guidelines

•Configure the Country of Operation

•Configure WPA+WPA2 with PSK Security

•Configure Wi-Fi Protected Setup for Easy Configuration of Wireless Clients

•Test Wireless Connectivity

•For More Information

Note: For more information about the topics covered in this guide, visit the

FVS318N support website at http://support.netgear.com. You will

also find the Reference Manual at the support website.

Default Wireless Settings

The default wireless settings should work well for most wireless networks, but you do need to

configure the country of operation and wireless security. These are the default settings:

Table 1. Default wireless settings

Item Description

Wireless radio Enabled

Region Nonconfigurable; set for the region in which you purchased the wireless

VPN firewall.

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Country The selection is limited to the countries in the region in which you

purchased the wireless VPN firewall. The default settings are:

• Africa. Algeria

• Asia. Azerbaijan

• Europe. Albania

• Middle East. Bahrain

• North America, Latin America, and The Caribbean. United States

• Oceania. Australia

Operating frequency Nonconfigurable: Set at 2.4 GHz

Default security profile default1

Default network name (SSID) FVS318N_1

Broadcast SSID Enabled

Security Open

Encryption None

Authentication None

Transmission rate Best1

Default transmit power Full

802.11 wireless mode 802.11ng (this is the default for most countries)

802.11b/g/n radio frequency channel Auto

802.11n channel spacing 20 MHz

Beacon interval 100 ms

DTIM interval 2

RTS threshold 2346 bytes

Fragmentation threshold 2346 bytes

Preamble mode Long

Protection mode None

Power save Disabled

1. The maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE Standard 802.11 specifications. The actual throughput varies. Network conditions and

environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, building materials and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data

throughput rate.

Table 1. Default wireless settings (continued)

Item Description

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Wireless Equipment Placement and Range Guidelines

The range of your wireless connection can vary significantly based on the location of the

wireless VPN firewall. The latency, data throughput performance, and notebook power

consumption of wireless adapters also vary depending on your configuration choices.

Note: Failure to follow these guidelines can result in significant performance

degradation or inability to wirelessly connect to the wireless VPN firewall.

For complete performance specifications, see the Data Sheet at

http://www.netgear.com/images/FVS318N_DS_23Aug1118-36060.pdf.

For best results, place your wireless VPN firewall according to the following general

guidelines:

•Near the center of the area in which your wireless devices will operate.

•In an elevated location such as a high shelf where the wirelessly connected devices have

line-of-sight access (even if through walls).

•Away from sources of interference, such as computers, microwaves ovens, and 2.4-GHz

cordless phones.

•Away from large metal surfaces or water.

•Placing the antennas in a vertical position provides the best side-to-side coverage.

Placing the antennas in a horizontal position provides the best up-and-down coverage.

•If you are using multiple wireless access points such as the wireless VPN firewall, it is

better if access points use different radio frequency channels to reduce interference. The

recommended channel space between adjacent access points is five channels (for

example, use channels 1 and 6, or 6 and 11, or 1 and 11).

•The time it takes to establish a wireless connection can vary depending on both your

security settings and placement. WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish.

Also, WEP encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook computer.

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Configure the Country of Operation

The region of operation is nonconfigurable; it is set for the region in which you purchased the

wireless VPN firewall. The selection of the country is limited to the countries in the region in

which you purchased the wireless VPN firewall.

To configure the country settings:

1. Select Network Configuration > Wireless Settings > Radio Settings.The Radio

Settings screen displays:

Figure 1.

2. Specify the country by making a selection from the Country drop-down list.

3. Click Apply to save your settings. The wireless VPN firewall reboots.

Note: Other wireless settings that you can configure on the Radio Settings

screen are explained in the “Configure the Basic Radio Settings”

section in Chapter 4, “Wireless Configuration and Security,” of the

Reference Manual.

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Configure WPA+WPA2 with PSK Security

NETGEAR recommends that you configure wireless authentication and encryption to secure

your wireless traffic. WPA+WPA2 with a pre-shared key (PSK) is easy to configure and

should work well in most situations. However, if your network uses 802.11n devices only,

configure WPA2 to enable the 802.11n devices to function at full speed.

To configure WPA+WPA2 with PSK security for the default1 wireless profile:

1. Select Network Configuration > Wireless Settings > Wireless Profiles.The Wireless

Profiles screen displays. (The following figure shows some examples.)

Figure 2.

2. Click the Edit button in the Action column for the default1 wireless profile. The Edit Wireless

Profiles screen displays (see the figure on the next page).

3. From the Security drop-down list, select WPA+WPA2.

The Encryption drop-down list automatically selects TKIP+CCMP, which is the default

encryption setting for WPA+WPA2.

4. From the Authentication drop-down list, select PSK.

5. In the WPA Password field, enter a password (also referred to as a pre-shared key) of at

least 8 characters long.

6. Click Apply to save your settings.

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Figure 3.

Note: For other types of security (WEP, WPA, WPA2, RADIUS

authentication) and for the other wireless settings that you can

configure on the Add Wireless Profiles and Edit Wireless Profiles

screens, see the “Configure and Enable Wireless Profiles” section in

Chapter 4, “Wireless Configuration and Security,” of the Reference

Manual.

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Configure Wi-Fi Protected Setup for Easy Configuration of

Wireless Clients

Push 'N' Connect using Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS) allows you to connect computers to a

secure wireless network with WPA or WPA2 wireless security. The wireless VPN firewall

automatically sets security for each computer or device that uses WPS to join the wireless

network. To use WPS, make sure that your wireless devices are Wi-Fi certified and support

WPS. NETGEAR products that use WPS call it Push 'N' Connect.

You can use a WPS button or the wireless router interface method to add wireless computers

and devices to your wireless network. For a list of other Wi-Fi-certified products available

from NETGEAR, go to http://www.wi-fi.org.

To enable WPS and initiate the WPS process on the wireless VPN firewall:

1. Select Network Configuration > Wireless Settings > Wireless Profiles.The Wireless

Profiles screen displays (see Figure 2 on page 5).

2. On the Wireless Profiles screen, to the right of the Wireless Profiles tab, click the WPS

option arrow. The WPS screen displays:

Figure 4.

3. From the Select Wireless Profile SSID drop-down list, select the name of the SSID for which

you want to enable WPS, for example, FVS318N_1 (the default SSID). The wireless profile

with which the SSID is associated needs to be configured for WPA, WPA, or WPA+WPA2

security in order to be displayed as a selection in the drop-down list.

4. From the WPS Status drop-down list, select Enabled to enable the WPS feature.

5. Click Apply to save your changes.

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Note: The Security, Authentication, and Encryption fields are nonconfigurable

fields that are for information only.

6. In the WPS Setup Method section of the screen, use one of the following methods to initiate

the WPS process for a wireless device:

•PIN method:

a. Collect the pin of the wireless device.

b. In the Station PIN field, enter the pin.

c. Click the PIN button.

•Push button configuration (PBC) method:

a. Click the PBC button.

b. Within 2 minutes, press the WPS button on your wireless device to enable the

device to connect to the wireless VPN firewall, or follow the WPS instructions

that came with the device.

With either method, the wireless VPN firewall tries to communicate with the wireless

device, set the wireless security for the wireless device, and allow it to join the wireless

network.

Note: There is no physical WPS push button on the wireless VPN firewall.

Test Wireless Connectivity

After you have configured the wireless VPN firewall as explained in the previous sections,

test your wireless clients for wireless connectivity before you place the wireless VPN firewall

at its permanent position.

To test for wireless connectivity:

1. Configure the 802.11g/n wireless clients so that they all have the same SSID that you

have configured on the wireless VPN firewall, for example, FVS318N_1 (the default

SSID). Make sure that the wireless mode on the wireless VPN firewall supports the

wireless capacity of the wireless clients.

2. Verify that your wireless clients have a link to the wireless VPN firewall.

3. Verify network connectivity by using a browser such as Internet Explorer 7.0 or later or

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 or later to browse the Internet, or check for file and printer access on your

network.

If you have trouble connecting to the wireless VPN firewall, try to connect without security by

selecting OPEN from the Security drop-down list on the Edit Wireless Profiles screen (see

the previous figure) for the profile that you are using.

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For More Information

Chapter 4, “Wireless Configuration and Security,” of the Reference Manual provides

information about the following wireless topics:

•Configuring the basic radio settings

•Wireless data security options

•Wireless security profiles, including information about restricting wireless access by MAC

address

•Configuring advanced radio settings

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