AG2500Series Software User’s Guide
June, 2002
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Basic - WIRELESS
Wireless Channel Number
A
wireless channel number
is a specific frequency band at which AresGate communicates with a cli-
ent. You can select one of the 11 channels from the drop-down menu for the AresGate to use. However,
if you enable the
Auto-Channeling
feature, the channel you selected here will be ignored by the sys-
tem. Instead, it will be replaced by the channel number that the system selected.
Auto-Channeling
When you turn on the
Auto-Channeling
feature, AresGate automatically scans the surrounding radio
signals, selects the least interference and lowest traffic channel to use, and displays this selected chan-
nel in the above Wireless Channel Number. The default setting of this feature is
Off
.
NOTE: Turning on the Auto-Channeling feature may cut off the wireless connection between AresGate and
your PC. Click
Re-Scan
in the Wireless Configuration Utility program installed in your PC to re-estab-
lish the wireless connection.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
The
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
is used to protect wireless communication from eavesdrop-
ping. Since WEP uses a secret key shared between the communicators, if you enable the WEP feature,
entering the WEP key values below is required.
Default WEP Key
AresGate supports 40-bit and 128-bit WEP keys. For 40-bit WEP encryption, you need to enter 10
hexadecimal digits in one of the key fields below. For 128-bit WEP encryption, you need to enter 26
hexadecimal digits in one of the key fields below. Although there are four key fields you can set up for
AresGate, you can choose only one at a time from the Default WEP Key drop-down menu. The WEP
key is not case-sensitive. The default key field is
1
.
1.
Enter either 40-bit WEP keys as 10 HEX digits or 128-bit WEP keys as 26 Hex digits
here.
2. Enter either 40-bit WEP keys as 10 HEX digits or 128-bit WEP keys as 26 Hex digits
here.
3. Enter either 40-bit WEP keys as 10 HEX digits or 128-bit WEP keys as 26 Hex digits
here.
4. Enter either 40-bit WEP keys as 10 HEX digits or 128-bit WEP keys as 26 Hex digits
here.
Click
Save
to save the values to your AresGate. If you do not wish to save the configuration, simply
click
Cancel
.
