3.2 Basic Setting
This is the page allow you to change the access point.
AP Name:
The name of the AP, which can be used to identify the Access Point
among the all the Access Points in the wireless network.
SSID:
Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and
nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in
the wireless network.
Channel:
The channel which AP will operate in. You can select the channel range of
1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain, 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) domain and 1
to 14 for Japanese domain.
Authentication Type:
The authentication type default is set to open system.
There are four options: open system; shared key; WPA; WPA-PKS. You may want
to set to Shared Key when the clients and AP in the same wireless network enable the
WEP encryption. All the nodes and hosts on the network must use the same
authentication type. WPA is available but it is required to set 802.1X setting first
before you use WPA.
