Operation Manual

3 Wireless Configuration
The DV-2010 also serves as an 802.11b/g access point (AP). If DV-2010 has an 802.11
interface card installed, it can be configured using the web interface. If the wireless card is not
installed, the Wireless menu on the left column of the web interface will not be present.
3.1 Wireless Basic
Click on the Wireless menu to bring up the Wireless 802.11b/g Basic configuration page is
shown below.
This page allows you to configure basic features of the wireless LAN interface. You can
enable or disable the wireless LAN interface, hide the network from active scans, set the
wireless network name (also known as SSID). The 802.11 radio can also be shut down to
disable the wireless network if desired. This is the safest way to prevent unwanted wireless
network intrusion when wireless access is not needed. The Service Set Identifier (SSID) is a
text description of the Access Point and is entered as a string of ASCII characters. The
Network Type can be selected and Opened or Hided. In an open network, the AP broadcasts
its SSID in each periodic beacon packet so all clients can anonymously discover its SSID. If
you choose Hide Access Point, the SSID broadcast is silenced and a client that wished to
connect to the AP must already have knowledge of the SSID in order to gain access. This
provides an additional layer of security to gaining access to the wireless network. The country
selection is used to properly alter the 802.11 network transmissions to match the operating
frequency bands allowed in each area.