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Web Configuration
Wireless
Operating Mode: Ad-Hoc
- is the default setting.
Choose
Ad-Hoc
or
Infrastructure
.
(Connect right out of the box with the Ad-Hoc setting, when
communicating with another device that is also set to Ad-Hoc.)
SSID:
(
Service Set Identifier
)
default
is the default setting.
The SSID is a
unique name that identifies a network. All devices on a network must share
the same SSID name in order to communicate on the network.
If you choose
to change the SSID from the default setting, input the SSID of the Access
Point or the Ad-Hoc wireless workgroup to which you wish to connect.
Channel: Channel 6
is the default channel. Input a new number if you
want to change the default setting. All devices on the network must be set to
the same channel to communicate on the network.
Transmission Rate: Automatic
is the default setting.
Choose the
the transmission rate of the DWL-810 from the pull-down menu.
Access Point Density:
This field describes the density of the Access
Points and the traffic level of the wireless network running on Infrastructure
Mode, which is determined by the number of Access Points in your wireless
network and the configuration of the Access Points. Use the pull-down
menu to choose from the 3 options: Low, Medium, or High.
WEP Enabled:
The default setting is
Disable.
Wireless network
communications are easily intercepted. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is
an encryption method specified by the 802.11b standard to make any
intercepted communications extremely difficult to interpret by unauthorized
parties. All devices on the network, and the Access Point, must share the
same WEP selection – either
Enable
or
Disable
To enable WEP Encryption, click on
WEP Enable
.
WEP Key Length:
The default Key Length is
64-bit.
The WEP key is generated from
Hexadecimal
entries that are either 64 or
128-bit in length. When enabling encryption, select the Key Length, either
64 or 128-bit, and then input the Hexadecimal digits. You can create up to 4
keys.
Hexadecimal digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F
A 64-bit WEP key requires 10 Hexadecimal digits.
A 128-bit WEP key requires 26 Hexadecimal digits.
