User Manual

P380 Users guide
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− Access Point SSID (Service Set Identifier): This is a case-sensitive parameter to
uniquely identify your radio network.
− Default Channel for BSS: It can be set up by selecting a fixed channel or have
the channel automatically assigned.
i Hint: Use the site survey utility in System Tools to verify a fixed channel selection.
This utility will help the administrator to discover unused channels, or to check the signal
strengths of other Access points of the selected channel.
In Bridge mode, there is a column field called "Access Point ID". This value should be
assigned with different for all bridges connected to the same LAN as a bridge ID. The
value itself has no meaning if it's less or greater than other's bridge ID. It can be from 0
to 255. For example, it could be assigned value "20" to the first bridge and "25" to the
second.
You may desire additional security on your wireless network, which can be achieved by
using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption. P380 offers 64/128 bit WEP
securities on wireless transmissions. Encryption keys are combined by 5 (for 64 bit WEP)
or 13 (for 128 bit WEP) pairs of hexadecimal digit and separated by colon (e.g.,
01:23:45:67:89 for 64 bit WEP encryption keys). WEP encrypts each frame transmitted
from the radio using one of the keys from this table.
When an encrypted frame is received, it will only be accepted if it is decrypted correctly,
therefore the receiver must have the same WEP key used by the transmitter. Each key
must consist of hex digits, which is composed of digits 0-9 and letters A-F.
i Hint: Network traffic encryption requires a significant amount of resources, so its
usage is recommended only when security is crucial. Usually it is not used in simple
commercial networks transmitting everyday data. Also usually is more efficient to protect
sensitive documents before transmitting over network e.g., use archive program with
password protection, than encrypt all network traffic.
Click on the “Back ” button to return to the previous page, the Network Configuration
Settings page. Click on the “Reset” button to reset all page fields to their previous values.
Click on the “Save settings” to save and to close the configuring window.
Redirection Service
If a new IP was assigned and the “Save Settings” button was click to save the network
setting, a waiting and redirection message pops up as shown below: