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Wireless Configuration
General
Wireless Setup allows your computer's PC Card to talk to the access
point. Once you have completed wireless configuration, you can complete
the rest of the configuration wirelessly unless you will be employing the
FIPS 140-2 secure mode, assuming that you have installed and configured
a wireless PC card on your computer. (If you have not done so, you will
have to do that to establish communications. Follow the manufacturer's
instructions to set up the PC Card on each wireless device that will be
part of the WLAN.)
WARNING: If you are conifguring this 3e-525A in FIPS 140-2 se-
cure mode, your initial configuration will have to be accomplished
through the LAN port due to the secure nature of the access point.
The Wireless Configuration — General page lists the MAC Address
of the 3e-525A device. This is not the MAC Address that will be used for
the BSSID for bridging setup, however. That is found on the Bridging
page.
If you will be using an SSID for a wireless LAN, enter it here and in
the setup of each wireless client. This nomenclature has to be set on the
access point and each wireless device in order for them to communicate.
The Wireless Mode menu allows you to specify whether you want
your AP to operate solely in the 802.11b band or in the 802.11g band or
in a combination of the two. The 802.11b band will accommodate legacy
systems. The 802.11g improves the wireless power but limits use to those
WLANs that have only 802.11g clients. The 802.11 b/g mixed allows you
to use both 802.11b and 802.11g clients but limits power to that of the
802.11b band.
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