Installing A Wireless Network - Verizon One User Manual

20. Home Networking

20.3.5 Installing a Wireless Network

Preparation
1. Ensure that an 802.11b/g/g+ wireless
network adapter has been installed in
each PC on your wireless network.
2. Install the appropriate drivers for your
Wireless IEEE802.11b or
IEEE802.11g adapter.
3. Turn on Wireless Networking. Do this
directly on the Verizon One
touch-screen by selecting Menu,
Settings, and then Wireless.
Adding Computers to your Wireless
Network
4. Configure the Wireless Network
Name (called the Service Set ID or
SSID) on each PC that will connect
wirelessly to Verizon
IMPORTANT: The Wireless Network
Name (SSID) must be the same for both
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network adapter. The default SSID for
Verizon One
by the last 4 digits of the unit's serial
number (located below the bar code on the
bottom of the unit). For example:
One1234. You can change the default
SSID directly on the
touch-screen by selecting
and then Wireless. You must locate and
run the utility software provided with your
display
PC's wireless network adapter and enter
the SSID. The PC's wireless network
adapter must be configured with the SSID
(in order to communicate with
One) before you begin the account set-up
and configuration procedures.
NOTE: Client PCs can use any Wireless
Fidelity (Wi-Fi) 802.11b/g/g+ certified card
to communicate with
One.
Wireless card and
the same Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
security code type. The factory default
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and your PC's wireless
is: Verizon One followed
Verizon
Verizon One display
Menu, Settings,
Verizon
Verizon One. The
Verizon One must use
for WEP is DISABLED. If you enable
WEP, you must ensure that the network
setting for your wireless adapter is set to
"Must Use Shared Key for WEP" or "Open
Wi-Fi." You must ensure that your PC's
Wi-Fi adapter is configured properly for
whichever network setting you use. You
can access the settings in the advanced
properties of the wireless network adapter.
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