15
Configuration
Using the Configuration Utility with Windows OS
(continued)
Wireless Mode:
SSID:
Authentication:
Keys 1-4:
Select the default key
Key Length:
Data Encryption:
IP Settings:
Service Set Identifier is a name that identifies
a wireless network. Access Points and
wireless devices attempting to connect to a
specific WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network)
must use the same SSID. The default setting
is
default
.
Click on the pull-down menu; select from the
following options:
Infrastructure
- connecting to the WLAN
using an Access Point.(This is the
default
setting).
Ad-Hoc –
wireless mode used when
connecting directly to a computer
equipped with a wireless adapter in a
peer-to-peer environment.
Select
Enabled
or
Disabled.
IP Settings
Choose one of the following modes:
Open Authentication
– the DWL-122
is visible to all devices on the network
Shared Authentication
– allows
communication only with other devices
with identical WEP settings
Auto
– will automatically adjust to the Authentication mode of the
wireless Access Point or Router
Select the key length and either ASCII (e.g., a word) or hexadecimal format.
Click
Apply
to save changes.
When you click
IP Settings
in the Configuration window, the pop-up screen
above will appear. Configure the IP Settings in this window.
Hexadecimal
digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F
ASCII
(American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
is a code for
representing English letters as numbers from 0-127
