Neoware e140 - Thin Client User Manual page 38

Configuring Your Network Settings
38 Configuring the Neoware 802.11b USB Wireless Ethernet Adapter
(WLAN) to which you wish to connect. The SSID must be provided
to you by your system administrator.
Wireless Mode: [Default: Infrastructure]
NeoLinux to connect to wireless Ethernet access points.
NeoLinux to connect to other desktop devices with wireless Ethernet
adapters.
Channel: [Default: (Grayed-out 6 - 2.437 GHz)] Only applicable for
Ad-Hoc networks, the user can choose between 13 wireless Ethernet
channels.
Transmission Speed: [Default: Auto] The default value Auto allows
the software and the wireless Ethernet device automatically adjust
the transmission speed according to the environment. The user may
also select between 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Megabits/second transmission
speeds.
Encryption: [Default: Disabled] This setting determines whether
the wireless Ethernet adapter uses WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
keys to encode the communication between the thin client and the
access point. If a wireless access point is set to use WEP encryption,
then all wireless adapters communicating with that access point
must also be set to use WEP encryption, and use identical WEP keys
to the one in use by the access point.
The choices for encryption types are:
Disabled (the default value). With this setting, the wireless Ether-
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net adapter does not use encryption.
Open system. The wireless adapter is allowed to receive non-
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encrypted packets from the access point.
Restricted system. The wireless adapter is only allowed to
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receive encrypted packets from the access point.
WEP Keys
The user may define up to three WEP keys that may be used for
communication with wireless access points that are configured to
use WEP encryption.
Infrastructure
sets
Ad-Hoc
sets