Infrastructure Mode - ActionTec 802CAG User Manual

Infrastructure Mode

To set up automatic wireless network configuration to connect to an existing Access
Point (infrastructure network), follow these steps:
1. Click the network name under "Available networks" in the Wireless Networks tab,
and click Configure. You can update the list of available networks that are within
range of your computer by clicking Refresh under Available Networks.
2. If the network requires WEP, then the "Data encryption (WEP enabled)" check
box is selected by default in Wireless Network Properties.
3. Select "The key is provided for me automatically" check box if the WEP key is
automatically provided for you. The driver will then use the Default Encryption
key from the current Atheros NCP configuration profile irrespective of the
network name.
You may choose to enter the WEP key by clearing this check box and manually
entering the network key and key length.
Ad Hoc Mode
To connect to an existing computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network:
1. Click the ad hoc network name under "Available networks" in the Wireless
Networks tab, and click Configure.
2. In Wireless Network Properties, the "This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc)
network; wireless access points are not used "check box is selected by default.
You may choose to enable WEP by selecting the "Data encryption (WEP
enabled)" check box and the "Network Authentication (Shared mode)" check box.
3. Select the "The key is provided for me automatically" check box if the shared key
is automatically provided for you. The driver will then use the Default Encryption
key from the current Atheros NCP configuration profile irrespective of the
network name.
You may choose to enter the shared key by clearing this box and enter the key and
key length manually.
4. If you want to connect to an ad hoc network, but both ad hoc and infrastructure
networks are within range of your computer, then click Advanced in the Wireless
Networks tab and then select "Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only.
Note that if you want the station to start its own ad hoc network, the "Computer-
to-computer (ad hoc) networks only" option should be selected. There should be
no network active from the preferred list and the "Automatically connect to non-
preferred networks" check box should be cleared.
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