Linksys WAP51AB User Manual page 10

9. As shown in Figure 5-8, the Basic Settings screen for your 2.4
GHz/802.11b wireless products will appear. Enter your wireless network's
SSID and select the channel at which the network broadcasts its wireless
signal. Then, click the Next button to continue or Back to return to the pre-
vious page.
• SSID. The SSID is the unique name shared among all points in a wire-
less network. The SSID must be identical for all points in the wireless
network. It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters, which
may be any keyboard character. Make sure this setting is the same for all
points in your wireless network.
• Channel. Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to corre-
spond with your network settings, between 1 and 11 (in North America).
All points in your wireless network must use the same channel in order
to function correctly.
Note: WEP encryption should be used whenever communicating
over a wireless network. Wireless transmissions, by their very
nature, are unprotected and WEP encryption helps to close this
hole in security and make your wireless network safer to use.
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Figure 5-8
Dual-Band Wireless Access Point
TM Series
10. The Security Settings screen (Figure 5-9) for your 2.4 GHz/802.11b wire-
less products will appear next. From this screen, you will set the Wired
Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption, 64-bit/128-bit, for your wireless
network. Select a WEP configuration method and a WEP passphrase.
• WEP (Disable/64-bit WEP/128-bit WEP). In order to utilize WEP
encryption, select the WEP setting from the pull-down menu. If you do
not wish to utilize WEP encryption, make sure Disable is selected.
• Passphrase. This is a text string with a maximum of 16 alphanumeric
characters used for generating a WEP Key. Type the passphrase here.
This passphrase may not work with non-Linksys products due to possible
incompatibility with other vendors' passphrase generators. If you'd rather
not use a passphrase and would rather enter the WEP Key manually, click
the Next button.
Click the Next button to continue or Back to return to the previous page.
Figure 5-9
Note: The Access Point's passphrase function when mixing prod-
ucts from other manufacturers into your wireless network. Linksys
products should always be used for optimum functionality. If
another company's wireless product is used, however, the WEP key
should be set manually.
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