HWDB-600
Hercules Wireless Dual Band
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Network tab (accessible after clicking the
Modify button)
Network name (SSID)
: enter the SSID (Service
Set Identifier), which is to say the unique name
shared by clients and the access point in your
wireless network.
Network type
RF channel
(Ad hoc only): select the RF channel
from a list of available channels (1 to 13), channel 1
being the default channel.
Automatic connection
: tick this box to have the
client automatically connect to this network.
Security tab (accessible after clicking the
Modify button)
Secure
: the network may be unsecured (
No
) or
secure (
Yes
); in this case, you must select the
security type and enter an encryption key.
Security type: WEP
(TKIP), WPA-PSK (AES), WPA2-PSK (TKIP) or
WPA2-PSK (AES).
Security Key:
enter an encryption key of 10 or 26
hexadecimal characters for a WEP key, or from 8 to
64 characters for a WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK key.
A hexadecimal key is composed of numbers 0 to 9
and letters A to F (example: A123BCD45E).
4.7.3.
Adding a new Favorite manually or creating an Ad hoc
network
To create a Favorite (Infrastructure or Ad hoc network) specifically for your home or office, for example, click
the
New
botton.
The manual creation of a new Favorite or an Ad hoc network includes the following steps: