NETGEAR ME102 - Wireless Access Point, Справочное руководство

Страница: 10 / 31

Determine the Configuration of your Wireless Network
Before installing the ME102 Wireless Access Point, you should make sure that your Ethernet network is
up and working with a computer. You’ll be connecting the access point to the Ethernet network so that
computers with the 802.11b Wireless PC Card will be able to communicate with computers on the
Ethernet network.
For each computer that you want to communicate with the access point, you must have an IEEE 802.11b
compatible wireless adapter installed in the computer.
In order to set up the access point, you will need to determine the network settings of your wireless
network, as follows.
What is the SSID for your wireless network?
________________________________
The Service Set Identification (SS ID) identifies the wireless local area network. The default Service Set
Identification (SS ID) is “
Wireless
,” however; you may customize it by using up to 32 alphanumeric
characters. We recommend that you write your customized SSID on the line above
.
Note: In order for the ME102 Wireless Access Point to communicate with a wireless adapter, both must
be configured with the same SSID. For the access point and wireless nodes to communicate with each
other, all must be configured with the same SSID.
Which wireless channel should you use?
__________________________________
The ME102 Wireless Access Point will communicate with other 802.11b wireless devices in the pre-
selected channel. For more information on reviewing the channel selections for your operations, please
refer to the charts on page 4.
Note : Any access points configured to adjacent channels in the same vicinity will not interfere with each
other
.
What is the WEP encryption key?
_________________________________________
The absence of a physical connection between nodes makes the wireless links vulnerable to information
theft. To provide a certain level of security from eavesdroppers and hackers, you can enable WEP
encryption. The following information is needed to determine the WEP encryption level.
The default WEP encryption key number is 1, and the default key size is 64 bits. Please refer to page 7 for
more details.
Note: The key number as well as the key value used by both the ME102 Wireless Access Point and wireless
nodes must be the same.
Wireless Access Point Installation
Please follow these steps to successfully install the ME102 Wireless Access Point.
1. Position and mount the ME102 Wireless Access Point.
The best location is elevated, such as wall mounted or on the top of a cubicle, and at the center of your
wireless coverage area and must be
within line of sight
of all the mobile devices.
2. Connect the Ethernet Cable.
You may use the included category 5 UTP Ethernet cable to connect the Ethernet port on the rear
panel of ME102 Wireless Access Point to a 10 Base-T network hub, switch or router.
7