Clarinet Systems EthIR LAN manual WEP ESB3011b only

When editing configuration of an ESB3011b, which uses 802.11b wireless uplink, the RF Card Info tab will replace the IP Pool tab. As displayed on the right, there are several statistic fields alone with some configuration items.

The ESSID field contains case- sensitive string, which identify the wireless access point (AP) this switch is going to connect to. This field must match with the ESSID field in the AP’s configuration in order to establish a connection.

If encryption is enabled by the

wireless AP, select Shared Key Authentication and switch to WEP tab for more configuration. However, if no encryption is enabled, use Open System Authentication and click on Update to update the switch with the new setting.

Note: there will be a performance decrease when encryption is enabled.

WEP (ESB3011b only)

The WEP tab provides a mean to modify data encryption key necessary for a secure connection. This tab is enabled only if Shared Key Authentication is selected in RF Card Info tab.

Within this section of configuration, the administrator may choose either 64-bit encryption key or 128-bit encryption key in Encryption field. Then, the proper encryption key value must be entered into the WEP Key Entry fields.

In case of 64-bit encryption, key content must be entered into the

correct key field and use Default Tx Key field to select the key field. Both the key content and Default Tx Key field must match the configuration within the wireless

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