User's Manual

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Figure 20 Wireless Setup
•Network Mod
e options:
Infrastructure (default) - This mode of operation
requires the presence of an IEEE
specification 802.11b/g/n-compliant access point. All communication is done
through the access point which relays packets to other wireless clients as well as to
nodes on a wired Ethernet network.
Ad Hoc - This is
the IEEE 802.11b/g/n peer-to-peer mode of operation. In this
mode, only one wireless cell is supported for each different Service Set
Identification (SSID). All communication is done client-to-client without the use of an
access point.
• SSID - E
nter the Service Set Identification (name of the wireless network) set up by
the network administrator for this wireless communication link (maximum is 32
characters).
• Channel - Sele
ct the frequency channel (1 through 14) to be used for this wireless
communication link (the channel can only be selected in Ad Hoc mode; the channel
is automatically selected in Infrastructure mode based on the relative strength of
signals from the available access points).
• Algorith
ms - Select either Open or Shared Key for the authentication type. When
WPA/2 is selected as access type, it will be disabled and selected to be ‘Open’
automatically
• Encryption - Sele
ct the encryption option (either None, WEP Key #1, WEP Key
#2, WEP Key #3, WEP Key #4, WPA_PSK, WPA2_PSK, WPA_Enterprise, or
WPA2_Enterprise) to be used for this wireless communication link (If WPA is
selected, TKIP and CCMP will be supported; if WPA2 is selected, CCMP will be
supported).
None - S
elect None if encryption is not required.
WEP Key #1 through #4 - Wire
d Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption can be
enabled by selecting one of these options.
WPA_PSK an
d WPA2_PSK - Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)_Pre-Shared Key
(PSK) encryption can be enabled by selecting one of these options (WPA was
designed to improve upon the security features of WEP; WPA2 provides
government grade security).
WPA_Enterprise an
d WPA2_Enterprise - Wi-Fi Protected Access
(WPA)_Enterprise encryption can be enabled by selecting one of these options
(WPA2-Enterprise verifies network users through a server. WPA2 is backward
compatible with WPA).