SkyPilot SkyExtender DualBand, Installation And Setup Manual

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SkyPilot SkyExtender DualBand Installation and Setup Guide 37
Choose additional security settings in the
Security
area. (Do not enable
Pre-Shared Key
.)
NOTE
Typically, you won’t use a pre-shared key (PSK) for public access
networks. If you want to employ encryption and key management
mechanisms that are more stringent than WEP (Wired Equivalent
Privacy), use Radius-based WPA instead of WPA-PSK.
Figure 23. Add Access Point WLAN SSID Profile dialog box (bottom half)
Choose
None
from the
DHCP Server Type
menu unless you plan to use the
access point as the DHCP server. Making the access point a DHCP server is
practical for only very small networks. Typically, you’ll want to have access to
a DHCP server through the wireless mesh network.
Click
OK
to save the WLAN SSID profile.
The new profile now appears in the list of WLAN SSID profiles. Figure 24
shows an example.