Features Of Your Wireless Access Point - NETGEAR ME103 User Manual

WEP
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a standard for encrypting data before it is transmitted.
This is desirable because it is impossible to prevent snoopers from receiving any data which is
transmitted by your Wireless Stations. But if the data is encrypted, then it is meaningless
unless the receiver can decrypt it.
If WEP is used, the Wireless Stations and the Wireless Access Point must have the same
settings.
Configuring your Wireless LAN
To allow Wireless Stations to use the Access Point, the Wireless Stations and the Access Point
must use the same settings, as follows:
On client Wireless Stations, the mode must be set to "Infrastructure".
Mode
(The Access Point is always in "Infrastructure" mode.)
Channel The Access Point should be set to the Channel you wish to use.
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If using multiple Access Points, they should use different Channels
to reduce interference. The recommended channel separation
between adjacent Access Points is 5 channels (e.g. Use channels 1,
6, and 11)
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It is not necessary to set the Channel on Wireless stations; they will
scan all Channels to locate the Channel used by the Access Point.
Wireless Stations should use the same SSID (ESSID) as the Access
SSID (ESSID)
Point they wish to connect to.
Alternatively, the SSID on Wireless Stations (but not the Access Point)
can be set to "any" or null (blank) to allow connection to any Access
Point, if the Access Points support this feature.
WEP The Wireless Stations and the Access Point must use the same settings
for WEP (Off, 64 Bit, or 128 Bit).
WEP Key: If WEP is enabled, the Key Table (for 64 Bit encryption) or
Key (for 128 Bit Encryption) must be the same on the Wireless Stations
and the Access Point.
WEP Authentication: The Wireless Access Point supports both
methods ("Open System" or "Shared Key") simultaneously, so normally
it does not matter system the Wireless stations use. But if you change the
Wireless Access Point to use one method only, then all Wireless stations
must use the same settings.
User Name, If using 802.1x mode, each Wireless station must have a user name and
password on the Radius Server used for authentication.
Password

Features of your Wireless Access Point

The Wireless Access Point incorporates many advanced features, carefully designed to provide
sophisticated functions while being easy to use.
Introduction
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