Chapter 9 - Wireless Lan (Wlan) Communications With 802.11B; Overview; Enabling The 802.11B Radio Driver; Configuration Utilities - Hand Held Products Dolphin 7900 User Manual

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Wireless LAN (WLAN) Communications with 802.11b

Overview

Dolphin terminals are available with an on-board 2.4 GHz 802.11b WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) radio that uses Direct
Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technology to spread the signal continuously over a wide frequency band at a data rate of
up to 11 Mbps. In addition, the open software architecture makes the Dolphin terminal a complete solution for a variety of wireless
mobile data collection applications.
Dolphin terminals are interoperable with other 802.11b Wi-Fi-compliant products including Access Points (APs), printers, PCs
via PC card adapters and other wireless portable terminals.

Enabling the 802.11b Radio Driver

When the Dolphin terminal initializes, the radio driver for 802.11b is installed. The terminal defaults to the 802.11b radio during
initialization unless a GSM radio is installed, in which case, the terminal defaults to the GSM radio. The 802.11b radio must be
enabled before you can configure the radio on a network. Verify the radio's status before configuring.
Note: Radios are enabled manually in the Radio Manager; tap Start > Settings > Connections tab > Radio Manager.

Configuration Utilities

There are two configuration utilities for the 802.11b radio:
802.11b Settings
802.11b Wireless Security Supplement
Dolphin® 7900 Series User's Guide
Use this configuration utility to configure the radio without Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or with
standard WEP (64/128 bit) and no authentication. For more details, see
chapter.
Use this configuration utility to configure the radio using WEP (beyond the standard), Wi-Fi Protected
Access (WPA), and authentication. For details, see
this chapter.
802.11b Wireless Security Supplement
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