NextG 007GTi PRO USB-Yagi Instruction Manual
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to setup no password encryption, Choose “Open” under the Authentication pull-down menu
and “None” under Encryption.
BTOpenzone is one of the SSIDs within range in this example. Although it is a public WiFi hotspot with an
open WiFi authentication to which anybody is able to connect, further username and password
authentication (technically known as 802.1x authentication) on its web page is required before you
could actually get on the Internet.
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and PROF2 shows up in the Profile List.
Technically speaking, you should be able to connect to an unsecured WiFi signal within range and get on
the Internet unless it is a hotspot with 802.1x authentication as in the case of the above BTOpenzone
example; or the wireless router has a white list of MAC addresses. A MAC address is a unique ID of
every network adapter. Some smart users maintain such a white list in their wireless routers and yet
leave the security open. If the MAC address of your antenna is not one of those in the white list, you’ll
then be denied the right to access the Internet.
4.6.3 Example to setup an Ad-Hoc wireless connection
Infrastructure is a common mode that we use to connect to a wireless router. Ad-Hoc, on the other
hand, is the other way to setup a direct wireless connection between two computers for file and
resource sharing.
Here’s how it works.
