User's Manual

ezWAVE Access Point Users’ Guide Version 1.6

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highly recommended that you change the IP address from the default only. You should

not use the default IP address, except when you are installing the Access Point for the

first time.

• SSID: The SSID is the network name for your Access Point. All Access Points on the

same LAN must be set with the same SSID in order to support inter-cell roaming.

If the Access Point is configured to communicate with wireless clients and the Secure

Access parameter is enabled, each client must be configured with the same SSID. If

Secure Access is not enabled, clients can be configured with the Access Point’s

wireless network name with word “ANY” (all uppercase/capital letter) or keep the

Wireless Network Name field blank.

• Default Channel: The channel sets the center frequency of the Access Point. In a

LAN-to-LAN configuration, the Access Points need to be set to the same channel. In a

wireless client configuration with multiple Access Points, adjacent Access Points

should be set to different channels (at least 5 channels apart recommended).

For example, in a configuration with 3 Access Points, set the channels to 1, 6, and 11.

Note that some countries only support a limited number of channels. Please refer to

the Appendix Channel section. The Access Point does not allow you to set channels

outside your country’s band.

Wireless clients with ezWAVE PC/PCI Cards automatically switch to the Access

Point’s channel when roaming between Access Points in a wireless network.

• Slave Mac Address: When the Access Point functions as a wireless LAN bridge

master, it can define the slave bridge’s MAC address.

• Ethernet Mac Address: The Media Access Control (MAC) address is a unique serial

number assigned to a device by the Widelink.

• WEP: WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is an encryption scheme that

provides the secure wireless data communications to the users. WEP uses a 64bit-key

or 128bit-key to control the network access. In order to do secure communication over

the wireless LAN network, enable WEP function. Use this setting to choose whether