Lancom 3550 Wireless, User Manual

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LANCOM 3550 Wireless
Chapter 3: Basic configuration
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IP address and netmask for the LANCOM Router
Assign a free IP address from the address range of your LAN to the
LANCOM Router and specify the netmask.
Enable DHCP server?
Disable the DHCP server function in the LANCOM Router if you would like
to have a different DHCP server assign the IP addresses in your LAN.
3.1.2 Configuration protection
The password for configuration access to the LANCOM Router protects the
configuration against unauthorized access. The configuration of the router
contains a considerable amount of sensitive information such as your Internet
access information. We therefore strongly recommend protecting it with a
password.
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Multiple administrators can be set up in the configuration of the
LANCOM, each with differing access rights. For a LANCOM, up to 16
different administrators can be set up. Further information can be
found in the section 'Managing rights for different administrators' in
the LCOS reference manual.
3.1.3 Settings for the Wireless LAN
The network name (SSID)
The basic configuration wizard asks for the network name of the base station
(often designated as SSID –
S ervice S et Id entifier). The network name will be
registered in the base stations of the Wireless LAN. You can choose any name.
Several base stations with the same network name form a common Wireless
LAN.
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As of LCOS version 4.0, WEP128 encryption is activated for every
unconfigured device as standard. Further information can be found in
the LCOS reference manual under "Standard WEP encryption".
Open or closed Wireless LAN?
Mobile radio stations dial-in the wanted Wireless LAN by declaration of the
network name. The specification of the network name is facilitated by two
technologies:
Mobile radio stations can search for Wireless LANs in the environs
(„scan“) and offer for selection the found Wireless LANs in a list.