Configuring Tri-Band Wireless Home Router

The Config tab offers two general levels of configuration: global and interface. To configure at the global level, click the GLOBAL button to expand the Settings button (if it has not already been expanded). To configure an interface, click the INTERFACE button to expand the list of interfaces, and then choose the interface.

Global Settings

In the global settings, you can change the Display Name of the Wireless Router0 to the name of your choice.

Algorithm Settings

In the Algorithm Settings, you can override the global Algorithm Settings by unchecking Global Settings and then set your own values for the Half-Open Session Multiplier, Maximum Number of Connections, and Maximum Number of Opened Sessions.

Internet Interface Configuration

In the Internet settings, you can set the Internet port to automatically obtain IP configurations with DHCP, manually set IP configurations with the Static setting, or elect setup the router to operate in either Wireless AP or Media Bridge modes.

In order to illustrate router operation in Media Bridge and Wireless AP modes, Packet Tracer has the following samples:

hr-wireless-ap.pkt

hr-wireless-media-bridge.pkt

LAN Interface Configuration

In the LAN settings, you can set the IP Address and Subnet Mask of the LAN interface.

Wireless Interface Configuration

In the Wireless settings, you can set the SSID, Channel, and Authentication. You may set the authentication to WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA, or WPA2. For WEP, you need to set the Key to a 10-digit hexadecimal value. For WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK, the Pass Phrase needs to be 8-63 ASCII characters long and the Encryption Type can be set to AES or TKIP. For WPA and WPA2, you need to enter the IP Address and Shared Secret of the RADIUS server and then select AES or TKIP for the encryption type.

You can select from 3 different radio bands to configure: 2.4 GHz and two 5GHz bands.

Wireless Guest Interface Configuration

In the Wireless Guest settings, you can set the SSID, Channel, and Authentication. You may set the authentication to WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA, or WPA2. For WEP, you need to set the Key to a 10-digit hexadecimal value. For WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK, the Pass Phrase needs to be 8-63 ASCII characters long and the Encryption Type can be set to AES or TKIP. For WPA and WPA2, you need to enter the IP Address and Shared Secret of the RADIUS server and then select AES or TKIP for the encryption type.

You can select from 3 different radio bands to configure: 2.4 GHz and two 5GHz bands.