WRE6505 v2 User’s Guide
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Tutorials
7.1 Overview
This chapter provides tutorials for your WRE6505 v2 (in access point or repeater mode) as follows:
•
Connecting to the Internet from an Access Point
•
Connecting to a Wireless Network Using WPS
•
Connecting the WRE6505 v2 (in Repeater mode) to an AP
7.2 Connecting to the Internet from an Access Point
This section gives you an example of how to set up an access point (AP) and wireless client (a
notebook (
B
), in this example) for wireless communication.
B
can access the Internet through the
access point (
A
) wirelessly.
Figure 17
Wireless Access Point Connection to the Internet
7.3 Connecting to a Wireless Network Using WPS
This section gives you an example of how to set up wireless network using WPS. The following
example uses the WRE6505 v2 as the AP and NWD-211AN as the wireless client which connects to
a notebook.
Note: The wireless client must be a WPS-aware device (for example, a WPS USB adapter
or PCI card).
The following WPS methods for creating a secure connection are described in the tutorial.
•
Push Button Configuration (PBC)
- create a secure wireless network simply by pressing a
.This is the easier method.
•
PIN Configuration
- create a secure wireless network simply by entering a wireless client's PIN
(Personal Identification Number) in the WRE6505 v2’s interface. See
.
This is the more secure method, since one device can authenticate the other.
