User Manual

Getting Started Basic Configuration

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Any time you enable or disable 802.11 networking, you must reboot the SCS before the change takes effect.

Any other changes you request with the Set/Define 80211 commands will not take place until you have

entered the Set 80211 Reset command. You can enter the Show/Monitor/List 80211 command to see the

current 802.11 settings.

To use the web browser interface to configure 802.11 settings, select the 802.11 link under the Advanced

Settings section.

2.4.5.1 802.11 Terms

The following acronyms are used in this section:

AP Access Point, a device that relays communications between one or more

wireless devices and possibly other devices on a network. APs are usually

connected to a physical network.

Note: If you are using an AP and WEP is not enabled, set the AP to accept Open System

Authentication. If WEP is enabled, set the AP to Shared Key Authentication. For

more information about WEP, see the definition below.

BSS Basic Service Set (or Cell), a group of wireless devices that speak directly with

each other. A BSS may consist of at most one AP.

Figure 2-19: Simple Wireless Network BSS

ESS Extended Service Set, a network consisting of one or more BSSs that share the

same ESSID. An ESS can contain multiple APs.

IBSS Independent Basic Service Set, a BSS with no APs. Devices work in an ad-hoc

networking mode.

WEP Wireless Equivalent Privacy, a form of encryption for wireless

communication.

BSS