Chapter 7 - Wireless Lan Communications With 802.11B; Overview; Powering Up The 802.11B Radio Driver; Configuration Utilities - Hand Held Products Dolphin 9500 User Manual

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Wireless LAN Communications with 802.11b

Overview

Dolphin 9500 Series terminals are available with an on-board 2.4 GHz 802.11b (Wireless Local Area Network) WLAN radio that
uses Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technology to spread the signal continuously over a wide frequency band at a
data rate of up to 11 Mbps. In addition, the open software architecture makes the Dolphin 9500 Series a complete solution for a
variety of wireless mobile data collection applications.
The Dolphin 9500 Series is interoperable with other 802.11b Wi-Fi-compliant products including Access Points (APs), printers,
PCs (via PC card adapters) and other wireless portable terminals.

Powering Up the 802.11b Radio Driver

The radio driver for 802.11b is installed when the Dolphin terminal is first initialized. The 802.11b radio must be powered up
before you can configure it. For more information, see

Configuration Utilities

There are two configuration utilities for the 802.11b radio: 802.11b Settings and 802.11b Wireless Security Supplement.
802.11b Settings
802.11b Wireless Security Supplement
Dolphin® 9500 Series Mobile Computer User's Guide
Powering Up Radios
Use this configuration utility when you are not using Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or standard
WEP (64/128 bit) with no authentication. For more details, see
Use this configuration utility when you are using WEP (beyond the standard), Wi-Fi Protected Access
(WPA), and authentication. For details, see
on page 4-9.
802.11b Settings on page 7-2.
802.11b Wireless Security Supplement on page 7-13.
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