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Wireless

The Wireless screen provides selections for many wireless related operations. See Figure 3-5.

For wireless operation, there are two major configurations.

1. Wireless related setups.

2. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption.

See the following Wireless Configuration Screen section for the detail.

Figure 3-5 Wireless Screen

Configuration fields and buttons

Regulatory

Domain

Not configurable. This information is got automatically when there is a NETGAER MA 401 802.11b

wireless PC card in PS111W. In northern America, usually get ‘USA/Canada’.

Station Name

Not configurable. It is the Ethernet MAC address for the PS111S.

SSID

Stand for Service Set Identifier. It can be empty if the authentication method on Access Point is Open

System (see authentication). To specifically tie to a wireless LAN, you need to get this information from

your network administrator. It MUST be the same in both Access Point and wireless PS111W. If use ad

hoc wireless network, you need to make sure all equipment use the same SSID to communicate to each

other.

Channel No

The channel is ranged from 1 to 11 for north America, and for other regulatory area it may vary.

To communicate in

802.11 Ad

hoc

Ad hoc

mode, all Wireless stations MUST use the same Channel

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