Lancom 800+ Installation Manual page 24

LANCOM Routers, WLAN Routers, Access Points and WLAN Controllers
... via wireless LAN
LANCOM WLAN
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routers and access
points only
The
MAC address
ses of the LANCOM devices always begin with the character string "00A057".
You will find the LAN MAC address on a sticker on the base of the device.
use the number labeled as "MAC address" that starts with "00A057". The
other numbers that may be found are
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The setup wizards ...
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Ex-factory, WEP128 encryption is activated for every unconfigured
LANCOM wireless router as standard. This WLAN encryption in WLAN
devices being managed by a LANCOM WLAN Controller is set in the
central encryption settings in the profiles of the WLAN Controller.
LANCOM wireless router:
COM wireless router for wireless configuration, the WLAN card must be
programmed with the 13-character standard WEP key.
LANCOM access point:
COM access point for wireless configuration, it is first necessary to use a
different means of configuration to reset the operating mode of a WLAN
interface to "Access point mode". A WLAN card with the 13-character
standard WEP key is then able to access the LANCOM access point.
standard WEP key consists of the first letter "L" followed by the
of the access point in ASCII characters. The LAN MAC addres-
A device with the LAN MAC address "00A0570FB9BF" thus has a stan-
dard WEP key of "L00A0570FB9BF". This key is entered into the 'Private
WEP settings' of the device for each logical WLAN network as 'Key 1'.
Switch the WLAN encryption to WPA2/802.11i to ensure that you
have a secure connection.
Start the installation of each device with the
and then continue with the
If you change the encryption (e.g. WEP) of the device's WLAN inter-
face with the setup wizard in a wireless configuration, then you also
have to adjust the appropriate WLAN encryption settings of the WLAN
card of the configuration PC.
To use a WLAN card to connect to a new LAN-
To use a WLAN client to connect to a new LAN-
not the LAN MAC address!
check security settings
First steps
LAN
Only
basic settings wizard
wizard!
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