User Manual Part 3

LaCie Wireless Space • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Administering the LaCie Wireless Space: Beyond Basic

User Manual page 82

TECHNICAL INFO: It is normal for the Dashboard to close when

making changes to the settings. Please be patient when attempting

to reconnect as the Wireless Space updates the settings. With certain

adjustments, such as turning Wi-Fi off or on, the Wireless Space IP

address may change as well. If the Dashboard does not load in your

browser, open LaCie Network Assistant to see if the IP address has

changed. You may have to refresh LaCie Network Assistant by quit-

ting and restarting the program.

4.5.1.2. Wireless AP - Security

This tab reveals the security settings created in the Setup for Wi-Fi

access point conﬁgurations. If a new access point is being created,

the ﬁelds on the page will be blank (Fig. 134). When creating a

new wireless network or changing the security, please consider the

following:

✦ What type of security do you want to use? The Wireless Space

offers WEP, WPA1, and WPA2. You may also choose to have

no security but that would leave your Wi-Fi open to any wire-

less device within range and could pose a threat to your net-

work.

✦ What wireless security password do you want to use? WEP re-

quires 10 or 26 hex characters. Hex characters are the letters

A-F and the numbers 0-9. WPA must have 8 to 63 alphanu-

meric characters; symbols are not allowed.

The Security pulldown menu (Fig. 135) offers different levels of secu-

rity. Before choosing Wi-Fi security, please refer to the user manuals

of your wireless devices to conﬁrm compatibility with the preferred

setting. For example, WPA2-AES is appealing for its higher level of

security but older devices may not support it.

IMPORTANT INFO: LaCie strongly recommends that all Wire-

less Space clients secure their Wi-Fi networks. For this reason, the

Setup Wizard offers three levels of security and password protection

when conﬁguring the Wi-Fi access point. While the Dashboard of-

fers “None” as a security option, we urge all users to consider the

risks to their home networks as well as potential drains on their wire-

less bandwidth.

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Fig. 134

Fig. 135