Wireless Setup; Wireless Security Settings - Microweb PRO SERIES User Manual

6.7.1 Wireless Setup

1. Select the operation mode to determine the type of wireless communication for the Pro Series
Wireless Network Camera: Infrastructure or Ad hoc. The default setting is Infrastructure.
2. Set the service area name (SSID) in accordance with the access point settings to which the
camera should connect.
3. The channel is set to a default. In the infrastructure mode, the camera will automatically find
the access point. The channel only needs to be set in Ad-hoc mode.
4. The default setting for the "Tx rate" is Auto; however, it can be set up to 54 Mbps in 802.11g
mode and up to 11 Mbps in 802.11b mode.
5. The preamble mode should be set to Auto, but in some cases you may want to set it to either
long or short, depending on your setup.
6. The camera supports three different wireless modes:-11b/g Mixed (camera connects to any
11 or 54 Mbps wireless access point) -11b only (camera connects only to 11 Mbps wireless
access points)
-11g only (camera connects only to 54 Mbps wireless access points)

6.7.2 Wireless Security Settings

WEP
Wireless network communications are easily intercepted. WEP (wired equivalent privacy) is
anencryption method specified by the IEEE 802.11b standard to make any interceptedcommunications
extremely difficult to interpret by unauthorized parties.The WEP key needs to be entered in HEX code.
To set up 64-bit WEP, input 10 HEX characters,for example 0123456789. To set up 128-bit WEP input
26 HEX characters, for example01234567890123456789012345.
Authentication: WEP uses two types of authentication methods to authenticate the connection
request. One is Open key authentication, in which all clients are allowed to authenticate; the second is
Shared key authentication, which allows the AP (access point) to send the client a challenge text,
which the client encrypts and returns to the AP. If the AP successfully decrypts the challenge text, the
client is authenticated. Set the authentication type as per the access point authentication type. The
wireless camera's Auto mode automatically switches between open and shared modes.
Example 1: If your access point uses 64-bit encryption, the default key is 1, authentication is shared
and the key value is 0123456789. Your wireless camera WEP setting will be:
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