Setting Network Transmission Options - 3Com 3CRWE90096A Quick Start Manual

Wireless building-to-building bridge
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Quick Start Guide
Entering the Encryption Keys You can decline to enter an encryption
string and instead manually enter the WEP keys. To manually enter the WEP
keys in hexadecimal notation, follow these steps:
1 In the Network / Security tab of the Wireless Bridge Configuration screen,
select either 128-bit Shared Key or 40-bit Shared Key from the Security
setting list.
2 Click Encryption Key Settings.
The appropriate Encryption Key Settings screen appears.
3 Select Specify Encryption Keys.
4 Enter the key settings.
You must enter settings for all four keys. All four keys must be entered in
precisely the same hexadecimal notation for all the wireless bridges you
are configuring for your network.
5 Click one of the radio buttons to select the transmit key to use.
6 Click OK when finished.

Setting Network Transmission Options

The Options tab of the Wireless Bridge Configuration screen lets you set values
for the following options:
Transmit rate settings — Control the rates at which the wireless bridge
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makes physical layer transmissions.
Medium reservation — Controls the 802.11 Request to Send/Clear to
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Send (RTS/CTS) mechanism
Channel — Controls the radio frequency
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Refer to the user guide for descriptions of the network transmission options.
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