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Configuration Utility
Configuration
To communicate on the network all devices must have the
same settings for the following properties:
SSID-
(Service Set Identifier) is a name that identifies a wireless network. Access
Points and wireless clients attempting to connect to a specific WLAN (Wireless Local
Area Network) must use the same SSID. The default setting is
default
.
Wireless Mode
- Click on the pull-down menu; select from the following options:
Infrastructure
- connecting the WLAN using an Access Point. (The
default
setting.)
Ad-Hoc-
wireless mode used when connecting directly to a computer equipped
with a wireless adapter such as the D-Link
Air
DWL-650 Wireless Cardbus adapter
in a peer-to-peer environment.
Data Encryption-
Enable Encryption by choosing the enable on the box. The DWL-
510 has Encryption disabled as the default setting.
Authentication
– Click on the pull-down menu; select from the following options:
Open Authentication-
communicates the key across the network
Shared Authentication-
allows communication only with other devices with
identical WEP settings
Key Length -
Select the key length, either 64 or 128 bit using a key in either ASCII
code for representing English letters as numbers from 0-127 (e.g., a word) or
hexadecimal digits consist of the number 0-9 and the letters A-F.
Click
Apply
to save any changes made to the configuration of the wireless adapter.
If you enable WEP encryption make sure to enable the WEP
encryption on all the devices in your network.
This Configuration
screen displays the
default settings for
the DWL-510.
