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Setting up an Ad Hoc Network 17
change the settings shown below. When you are finished, click
Enter or Apply
all
Changes .
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Network Traffic Accelerator —To increase performance, click On (Enhanced
performance) . If you experience problems when equipment other than 3Com
11 Mbps Wireless LAN equipment is being used, click Off (Wi-Fi Interoperable) .
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Data Preamble —To increase performance, click Short (Enhanced
performance) . When equipment that does not support short preamble is also
being used, click Long (Wi-Fi Interoperable) .
Setting up an Ad Hoc
Network
Operating in ad hoc mode, two or more bridges can associate among themselves
at close range without an access point, allowing their workgroups to
communicate. You may wish to set up an ad hoc network, for example, if a group
is working away from the office, or if a group in the office needs to share files
apart from the wired LAN.
Follow these steps to set up an ad hoc network with two workgroup bridges.
1 Use the 3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager to select the first
workgroup bridge and launch its configuration management system.
2 Under System Configuration, click Wireless Network .
3 In the Wireless Network page:
a Locate the Network Mode field and click Ad-hoc (Peer-to-Peer) .
b The Wireless LAN Service Area defaults to Any ESSID and Clear Channel Select
defaults to On (automatically select the best channel. Optionally, you can
specify the Wireless LAN Service Area and the Channel as described in “Setting
Wireless Network Properties” on page 16.
c Click
Enter or Apply
all Changes .
d Click To go to advanced wireless network configuration .
4 In the Advanced Wireless Network page:
a Set the Data Preamble .
To increase performance, click Short (Enhanced performance) . When
equipment that does not support short preamble is also being used, click Long
(Wi-Fi Interoperable) .
b Click
Enter or Apply
all Changes .
5 Security settings default to No Security (Open System). Optionally, you can set
40-bit Shared Keys security as described in “40-bit Shared Key (Wi-Fi)” on
page 18. (You cannot use 128-bit security options in ad hoc mode.)
6 When you are finished, click Apply all Changes .
7 End the browser session.
8 Repeat the procedure with the second workgroup bridge. Make sure you
configure bridge settings to match exactly. When you are finished, click
Apply all
Changes and end the browser session.
To ensure correct operation, the settings on the two bridges must match exactly.