The Confi Guration Program - Introduction And Operation On Mac Os; Quick Confi Guration - Hama 00039749 Operating Instruction

8. The confi guration program – introduction and operation on MAC OS X
As the Hama WLAN USB Stick is not an offi cial Apple Airport product,
you cannot use the Airport software integrated in the system. To confi -
gure the Hama WLAN USB Stick, you must open the enclosed
utility. Open the fi nder and select the hard drive where you installed the
driver and the utility earlier. The utility is installed in the Programs directory by default.
Double-click the WirelessUtilityRT73USB icon.
The following window opens:
This screen shows all available wireless
networks. The SSID, which is used to iden-
tify WLAN devices in the respective wire-
less LAN, the router MAC address (BSSID),
the signal strength (signal), the channel
used (channel), the encryption algorithm
(encryption) and the authentication (authen-
tication) and the type of network (network
type) are displayed. The lower section of
this window shows the connection status
(Connected / Disconnected). Click RESCAN
to search for wireless networks again.
8.1 Quick confi guration
First, select the required WLAN network
by clicking the corresponding line in the
list. The network selected is highlighted
in blue in the list. Now click the Connect
button. You are connected to the network
if the selected network is run without
encryption and the signal is strong enough.
This is indicated by the green symbol and
Connect is shown in the status window.
If you have activated encryption, you are
asked for the code. Enter the code in the
corresponding fi eld.
You can enter the data required for encryption here.The data must be identical to the router or access
point settings. The authentication type and encryption are generally already selected in accordance
with the target network. Enter the code which must correspond exactly with the code used by the router
or access point. Click OK to confi rm after you make your entries.
If you do not have this code yourself, please contact the person responsible for confi guring the router
or access point.
For detailed information on setting encryption, please see under the heading: Setting the wireless LAN
encryption (Software CD).
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