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Basic Settings
Click on the “Basic Settings” selection and the “Basic Settings” page will appear.
This menu allows you to change the
Wireless Network Name (ESSID*)
, from
its default value, change the
Operating Channel**,
and enable one of several
available
security options***
.
*
ESSID
is the network name assigned to the wireless network. The factory
default setting is “ACTIONTEC.” The ESSID value can be modified if needed,
using any combination of alphanumeric characters (i.e., A-Z, a-z, 0-9). All
clients must have this same ESSID value. (For the
Action
tec 802.11g Wireless
PC Card, the ESSID value must be the same as the SSID value. The SSID
value can also be called the Network Name.) Note that the ESSID is case sen-
sitive.
s
** Operating Channel
assigns the frequency band at which the Access Point
communicates. In the United States, use channels 1-11. (The factory default
value is set to 1.)
*** Security Options
on the “Basic Settings” page allow you to activate the
following security options by selecting the appropriate buttons on the con-
trol panel page:
Off
- or no encryption enabled. This is the Access Point’s default security set-
ting, Selecting this option allows any computer with wireless capability and the
correct ESSID value to join the wireless network.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
- This is an encryption method used with
the 802.11g standard to ensure data security over wireless networks. After acti-
vating WEP on the Access Point, a client can join the network only if these same
keys are entered in that client’s wireless encryption scheme.
To Activate WEP, select the “WEP” button, and then click on the “Next” button.
Your browser will then display the “WEP Key” menu page.
Although WEP only uses one key at a time, the WEP Key menu allows you to
store up to four keys which can be activated for use by clicking the button next
to the key you wish to use. You can choose from two levels of WEP encryption
(64-bit and 128-bit) from the pull-down menus alongside each key entry.
