The Built-in Configurator
Set the WaveLAN Parameters
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WaveLAN/EC-S User’s Guide
Network Name
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When you select to connect your WaveLAN/EC-S device to an
infrastructure network, you will also need to identify the name of
the WaveLAN IEEE Infrastructure:
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Use the default value “ANY” (all upper-case!) to allow your
WaveLAN/EC-S device to connect to the first WavePOINT-II
device that it can find in its vicinity.
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Use a unique WaveLAN Network Name value when you would
like to connect your device to one specific WaveLAN Network
only.
Using a unique WaveLAN Network Name value will avoid that your
device might unintentionally attempt to establish a connection with
a neighboring network.
Valid values are any string of alphanumeric characters in the range
of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” with a maximum of 32 characters (default
value is “ANY”).
The WaveLAN Network Name must be the same for all WaveLAN
devices and WavePOINT-II devices in the network. Consult your
LAN Administrator for the WaveLAN Network Name value that
applies in your network.
NOTE:
In IEEE 802.11 networks that include Lucent Technologies
WavePOINT-II access points, the LAN Administrators may
have “closed” the network to wireless stations that use the
network name “ANY” to avoid unintentional connections as
described above.
When your WaveLAN/EC-S device is set to “ibss” network
operation mode (see “Network Operation” on page 4-15), the
device will ignore this value, and be able to communicate peer-to-
peer with any wireless station in its vicinity that is operating in ibss
mode too.
