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Note that allowing 2 Mbps clients to communicate with 802.11b products may signifi-
cantly reduce the 802.11 products’ data rate.
ESSID
The ESSID is a string of up to 32 ASCII characters that must match on all communi-
cating 802.11b devices within the same network. ESSID stands for Extended Service
Set ID.
All Harmony 802.11b Access Points and Harmony 802.11b PC Cards must have the
same ESSID to allow a mobile client to roam between Access Points.
By default, the ESSID is set to “proxim.”
IP Addressing
An Access Point can receive an IP address assignment in one of three ways:
1. From a DHCP server on the network;
2. From an AP Controller if there is no DHCP server on your network; and
3. Manually via the Wireless Network Management interface.
If you do not have a DHCP server on the network and the AP Controller has not been
assigned a static IP address, then it will assign IP addresses in the 169.254.0.0 network
to the Harmony Access Points.
If you want the Access Point to receive an IP address using method 1 or 2 above, then
choose the option labeled “DHCP.”
Otherwise, select “Specify IP” to assign a static IP address, subnet mask, and default
gateway for the Access Point.