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EtherBridge Utility Menus
The EtherBridge Utility provides five main menus (
INFO
,
SECURITY
,
STATUS
,
AP BROWSER
, and
ABOUT
) to assist you with monitoring
and configuring the Etherbridge adapter. The following are brief
descriptions of each available menu.
Info
This menu item displays the current EtherBridge settings such as ESSID,
adapter name, rate, IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.
ESSID
The ESSID is a unique ID used by access points and client stations
to identify a wireless LAN. Wireless clients associating to any
access point must have the same ESSID. The default ESSID is
“ANY”, which will connect the EtherBridge to the nearest access
point. The ESSID can have up to 32 characters.
N
AME
Assign a unique name for the EtherBridge Adapter. The default
name is EtherBridge.
R
ATE
The EtherBridge provides various data rate options for you to select.
Data rates options include
1 Mbps, 2 Mbps
,
5.5 Mbps
,
11 Mbps
,
and
Auto
.
In most networking scenarios, the factory default “
Auto
”
setting will usually provide the most efficient data rate.
IP A
DDRESS
Assign an IP address to your EtherBridge if you wish to configure it
via the Web Browser interface. Consult your network administrator
to obtain an available IP address (the default IP address is
192.168.1.1). For further setup, please refer to the following section.
S
UBNET
M
ASK
Assign a subnet mask to your EtherBridge if you wish to configure it
via the Web Browser interface. Consult your network administrator
to obtain the correct subnet mask to use.