Technicolor - Thomson 570i manual Wireless Connectivity

	1 SpeedTouch™570 Installation
1.3	Wireless Connectivity
Introduction
	The SpeedTouch™570 features a Wireless LAN Access Point which behaves as a hub
	and allows wireless connectivity between several devices and the local (W)LAN and -
	via the SpeedTouch™570 DSL router - to the public network, e.g. the Internet.
	WLAN technology enables these devices to communicate with each other in a locally
	mobile fashion, without the need for a wired environment.
Wireless basics
	The WLAN's 'radio' link is a shared medium. As no physical connection exists between
	the SpeedTouch™570 and wireless clients, a name must be given to allow unique identi-
	fication of your WLAN radio link. This is done by the Service Set ID (SSID). Wireless
	clients must be part of this SSID environment in order to be able to communicate with
	other clients on the (W)LAN - including the SpeedTouch™570 .
	The IEEE802.11b standard for WLANs allows several WLAN networks using different
	radio channels to be co-located. Several channels are available for use which are associ-
	ated to a slightly different frequency in the allowed range. The SpeedTouch™570
	supports operation on all allowed channels and is able to select the best radio channel
	at each start-up.
Wireless security
	Since the SpeedTouch™570 (W)LAN environment is a radio environment, precautions
	must be taken to ensure that your wireless network is safe from malicious intruders. In
	addition to providing the possibility of giving a personalized SSID name to the wireless
	network, the SpeedTouch™570 features a physical registration mechanism, an Access
	Control List (ACL) and enhanced Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 64- or 128-bits
	encryption to secure your network and to control wireless client access.
Wireless client
	Only WLAN client adapters compliant to IEEE802.11b DSSS, will be able to communi-
requirements	cate with the SpeedTouch™570 , and with the other members of the SpeedTouch™570
	(W)LAN environment.
	It is advisable that the WLAN client adapter is Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance
	(WECA) Wi-Fi™ (*) certified to ensure smooth interoperability.
	To use SpeedTouch™570 's encryption security features, the WLAN client adapters
	should at least support 64-bit WEP encryption.
	(*) Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
Recommended	Only WLAN client adapters compliant to IEEE802.11b DSSS, will be able to communi-
Wireless client	cate with the SpeedTouch™570, hence with other members of the SpeedTouch™570
adapters	Wireless LAN environment.
	It is advisable that the WLAN client adapter is Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alli-
	ance (WECA) Wi-Fi certified to ensure smooth interoperability.

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