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Configuration

Using the Configuration Utility (continued)

Wireless Mode:

SSID:

Authentication:

Keys 1-4:

Select the default key.

Key Length:

Data Encryption:

IP Settings:

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.

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

Choose one of the following modes:

Open Authentication – the DWL-G122

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.

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.