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EtherAnt II User’s Manual
Wireless Configuration (Figure 3.11)
Current Profile – This field allows you to select the profile name that identifies the settings for your
network. You can add, edit, or delete profiles. A profile is a combination of settings that you can define
and then use over and over.
Profile Name – This field represents an arbitrary identifier for each configuration profile you create (up to
32 characters). The value in this field is for convenience in identifying multiple configuration profiles in the
Client Manager. You should use a descriptive name that has relevance to your particular network
environment. Up to 1000 profiles may be stored within the Client Manager database. This database is
preserved when the Client Manager is upgraded.
Network Type – This field allows you to select the type of network that you will be connecting to. The
options from the drop-down menu are: Infrastructure if you are connecting to an Access Point, Peer-to-
Peer if you are setting up an Ad Hoc group, or Wireless Link if you are setting up a wireless (bridged)
network.
Note: Wireless Link mode disables Micro-routing.
Figure 3.11 – Wireless Configuration
Network Name – This field allows you to enter the Network Name (or Extended Service Set Identifier,
ESSID) that is set in your AP or the one that you will use to establish an Ad Hoc group. The Network
Name is used to specify a unique IEEE 802.11 wireless network. Wireless stations use the Network
Name to associate. Only devices with the same Network Name will associate with each other.
Alphanumeric values may be used in this field (up to 32 characters). A Network Name of
Any may be
used in Infrastructure mode to associate with “any” open AP.
Channel ID – This field allows you to set the Channel to use for wireless communication. This field only
applies to Peer-to-Peer and Wireless Link modes. When in Infrastructure mode, the EC will automatically
scan each channel for the AP.
Partner Name – This field allows you to specify which EC you will be creating a wireless link with. This
field only applies to Wireless Link mode.
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