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Changing your wireless settings
This section describes how to enter wireless settings in
the gateway that match the settings in your wireless
network. If you do not have wireless adapters for your
PCs, you do not need to set the Network Name (SSID) or
the Network encryption settings.
Changing
Network Name
(SSID)
All wireless networks have an assigned Network Name
(SSID) to the wireless network (SSID is sometimes called
ESSID or many other possible naming conventions). As
the network administrator for your network, you can
create (or change) this name. When a computer tries to
join a wireless network, its network adapter sends the
SSID to the Intel Wireless Gateway. If the SSID of the
wireless adapters and the Intel Wireless Gateway are the
same, and the encryption settings match (if any), the
computer is permitted to join.
Important! Be sure to enter the same Network Name
(SSID) and network encryption key on each adapter on
your wireless network. If you are a Windows XP user,
see Using Windows* XP Client Configuration Manager
on page 18 for details.
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