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Wireless

The Wireless screen provides selections for many wireless related operations. See Figure 3-5.
For wireless operation, there are two major configurations.
1. Wireless related setups.
2. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption.
See the following Wireless Configuration Screen section for the detail.
Configuration fields and buttons
Regulatory Not configurable. This information is got automatically when there is a NETGAER MA 401 802.11b
Domain
wireless PC card in PS111W. In northern America, usually get 'USA/Canada'.
Station Name
Not configurable. It is the Ethernet MAC address for the PS111S.
Stand for Service Set Identifier. It can be empty if the authentication method on Access Point is Open
System (see authentication). To specifically tie to a wireless LAN, you need to get this information from
SSID your network administrator. It MUST be the same in both Access Point and wireless PS111W. If use ad
hoc wireless network, you need to make sure all equipment use the same SSID to communicate to each
other.
The channel is ranged from 1 to 11 for north America, and for other regulatory area it may vary.
Channel No
To communicate in "802.11 Ad-hoc" or "Ad hoc" mode, all Wireless stations MUST use the same Channel
Figure 3-5 Wireless Screen
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