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the WLAN hard drive.
Subnet mask
Enter the subnet mask for the access point on the
WLAN hard drive.
Wi-Fi channel
If other WLAN networks are affecting the access point
and the operation of the WLAN hard drive, you can
set a different channel here for transmitting the WLAN
signal.
Security
Set the encryption for logging into the access point on
the WLAN hard drive.
Hide SSID
Here you can set whether the network name (SSID)
of the WLAN hard drive is to be visible in the network
(
ON
setting).
DHCP server
Here you can enable or disable the DHCP server for
the WLAN hard drive.
•
Enable
the DHCP server to operate the WLAN
hard drive as an access point that actively allocates
IP addresses to clients that log into the DHCP server.
•
Disable
the DHCP server to manually allocate
the IP addresses to the clients. The IP address must
be within the address range that you can define for
the enabled DHCP server (see next section).
