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15. Once you have entered all addresses,
press ENTER and confi rm the save op-
eration. The connection is then tested
automatically and the MS 6 IP address
you selected appears, if successful, as
an entry on the right next to the item
"LAN setup".
3.5.2 WLAN network connection and
setup
If you have secured your wireless network
twice (encryption AND MAC address fi l-
tering), you have to perform the following
important steps (see MAC fi ltering below).
If you do not use any address fi ltering,
you can continue with thee section "Per-
forming WLAN settings" further down and
skip the next section.
Note:
• Please note that, other than indicated
on the bottom border of the menu, the
middle button in the circle on the remote
control is the ENTER button (OK) and
the "Return X" button on the top right
skips back (corresponds to "Cancel").
• With many conventional DSL routers,
the WLAN antenna (WLAN access
point) is integrated (please consult
the operating instructions for the DSL
router). If this is the case, the IP address
of the DSL router and the WLAN access
point are identical (standard gateway,
see above).
• If your router does not have an inte-
grated WLAN access point, you must
purchase a separate device. In our
example, we assume that the DSL router
and the WLAN access point are two
different devices each with their own
respective IP address: The DSL router
has the address 192.168.46.254 and
the WLAN access point has the address
192.168.46.253.
3.5.2.1 MAC fi ltering
MAC fi ltering is a function of your WLAN
access point, which ensures that only
shared network devices are able to oper-
ate on the wireless network. If you want to
protect your WLAN in this way, you will
need the MAC address of your WLAN
USB stick (see the sticker included with the
stick). The MAC address is a string that
consists of six character pairs which are
separated by a colon. The numbers 0 to 9
and the letters A to F are used.
Each network component is uniquely iden-
tifi ed with such a number (there are no
two devices with the same MAC address).
In our example, the MAC address for the
WLAN stick is 00:22:ef:8c:6a:f1. You now
have to report this identifi er to the WLAN
access point.
To do so, you have to call the IP ad-
dress of the WLAN access point in In-
ternet Explorer (as described in section
II 2.a) – in our example the address is
"http://192.168.46.253/". Log on and
search for the entry "Access Control" in
the WLAN settings (see fi gure below –
depending on the manufacturer, the menu
item may also have a different name).
Open the sub-menu and click "Add". Enter
a name for the device in the new window.
Enter the MAC address and then confi rm
with "Add". The window closes and the
new entry appears in the list (see fi gure
below). You can now close the confi gura-
tion window in Internet Explorer – Your
MS6 is now registered with the WLAN
access point.
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