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5.4.2 Connection by Directly Typing SSID on Windows® XP
1. If you have not turned on the Gateway and/or the user PC, first start up the Gateway
and then start up the user PC.
2. Disconnect the LAN cable if connected between the user PC and the Gateway.
3. On the user PC, click
Start
and click
Control Panel
.
4. Click
Network and Internet connections
.
5. Click
Network Connections
.
6. Right-click
Wireless Network Connection
and select
Properties
(or
Wireless LAN
Connection
depending on the user PC configuration) from the drop-down menu to
open the “Wireless Network Connection Properties” window.
7. Click
General
tab, check
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
check box, and click
Properties
button.
8. Click
Obtain an IP address automatically
radio button, click
Obtain DNS server
address automatically
radio button, and click
OK
button.
9. Click
Wireless Networks
tab, check
Use Windows to configure my wireless
network settings
check box, and click
Add...
button.
10. Click
Association
tab.
11. In “Network name (SSID)” field, type the SSID value you determined in
Subsection 5.1.1 (emg21-●●●●●●-1 for SSID-1 and emg21-●●●●●●-2 for SSID-2
where ●●●●●● depends on the actual unit).
12. In “Network Authentication” and “Data encryption” fields, select each option
according to your preference. A combination of
WPA2-PSK
and
AES
is
recommended for an IEEE 802.11n-based user PC.
13. In “Network key” field, type the Security Encryption Key value you determined in
Subsection 5.1.2.
14. Click
Connection
tab, check
Connect when this network is in range
check box,
and click
OK
button.
15. Ensure that the specified SSID appears in the list of “Preferred networks” section.
Note: If the specified SSID does not appear in the list, specifying of a wrong
parameter or value is suspect. Click
Cancel
button and redo Steps 3 through 15.
16. Click
OK
button to close the “Wireless Network Connection Properties” window and
then close other open windows if any.
