D-Link DWL-122 Product Manual - Page 16

Configuration, IP Settings - windows 7

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Using the Configuration Utility with Windows OS (continued) SSID: Configuration Service Set Identifier is a name that identifies a wireless network. Access points and wireless devices attempting to connect to a specific WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) must use the same SSID. The default setting is default. Wireless Mode: Click on the pull-down menu; select from the following options: Infrastructure - connecting to the WLAN using an access point. (This is the default setting). IP Settings Ad-Hoc - wireless mode used when connecting directly to a computer equipped with a wireless adapter in a Peer-to-Peer environment. Data Encryption: Select Enabled or Disabled. Authentication: Choose one of the following modes: Open Authentication - the DWL-122 is visible to all devices on the network. Shared Authentication - allows communication only with other devices with identical WEP settings. Auto - will automatically adjust to the Authentication mode of the wireless access point or router. Key Length: Select the key length and either ASCII (e.g., a word) or hexadecimal format. Keys 1-4: Select the default key. Hexadecimal digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F. ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a code for representing English letters as numbers from 0-127. IP Settings: When you click IP Settings in the Configuration window, the pop-up screen above will appear. Configure the IP Settings in this window. Click Apply to save changes. 16

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Choose one of the following modes:
Open Authentication
– the DWL-122
is visible to all devices on the network.
Shared Authentication
– allows
communication only with other devices
with identical WEP settings.
Auto
– will automatically adjust to the Authentication mode of the
wireless access point or router.
Service Set Identifier is a name that identifies
a wireless network. Access points and
wireless devices attempting to connect to a
specific WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network)
must use the same SSID. The default setting
is
default
.
Configuration
Using the Configuration Utility with Windows OS
(continued)
Wireless Mode:
SSID:
Authentication:
Keys 1-4:
Select the default key.
Key Length:
Data Encryption:
IP Settings:
Click on the pull-down menu; select from the
following options:
Infrastructure
- connecting to the WLAN
using an access point. (This is the
default
setting).
Ad-Hoc –
wireless mode used when
connecting directly to a computer
equipped with a wireless adapter in a
Peer-to-Peer environment.
Select
Enabled
or
Disabled.
IP Settings
Select the key length and either ASCII (e.g., a word) or hexadecimal format.
Click
Apply
to save changes.
When you click
IP Settings
in the Configuration window, the pop-up screen
above will appear. Configure the IP Settings in this window.
Hexadecimal
digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F.
ASCII
(American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
is a code for
representing English letters as numbers from 0-127.