Wireless Station Configuration; Wireless Configuration On Windows Xp - TRENDnet TEW-435BRM User Manual

PC Configuration

Wireless Station Configuration

This section applies to all Wireless stations wishing to use the TEW-435BRM's Access Point,
regardless of the operating system which is used on the client.
To use the Wireless Access Point in the TEW-435BRM, each Wireless Station must have
compatible settings, as follows:
Mode The mode must be set to Infrastructure (rather than Ad-hoc)
Access points only operate in Infrastructure mode.
This must match the value used on the TEW-435BRM. The default
SSID (ESSID)
value is Wireless
Note! The SSID is case sensitive.
Wireless By default, Wireless security on the TEW-435BRM is disabled.
Security •
If Wireless security remains disabled on the TEW-435BRM, all
stations must have wireless security disabled.
•
If Wireless security is enabled on the Wireless Router (either WEP
or WPA-PSK), each station must use the same settings as the
Wireless ADLS Router.

Wireless Configuration on Windows XP

If using Windows XP to configure the Wireless interface on your PC, the configuration
procedure is as follows:
1. Open the Network Connections folder. (Start - Settings - Network Connections).
Figure 26: Network Connections (Windows XP)
2. Right-click the Wireless Network Connection, check that it is enabled (menu option says
Disable, rather than Enable) and then select View Available Wireless Networks.
3. You will then see a list of wireless networks.
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4. The next step depends on whether or not Wireless security has been enabled on the TEW-
435BRM.
If Wireless Security is Disabled
If Wireless security on the TEW-435BRM is disabled, Windows will warn you that the
Wireless network is not secure.
To connect:
•
Check the checkbox Allow me to connect to the selected wireless network, even though it
is not secure.
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Figure 27 Wireless Networks (Windows XP)
If the "Broadcast SSID" setting on the TEW-435BRM has
been disabled, its SSID will NOT be listed.
See the following section "If the SSID is not listed" for
details of dealing with this situation.
Figure 28 Wireless Networks (Windows XP)
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