To connect the camera to an Ad-Hoc wireless workgroup, make sure that you set the same wireless channel and SSID to match with the PC/Notebook’s configuration for direct wireless communication.
ξWireless Channel: This pull-down menu allows you to select the appropriate wireless channel for communication. A "channel" is a range of frequencies to be used in communication between the camera and access point in Infrastructure mode, or the camera and PC/Notebook in Ad-Hoc mode. Select the appropriate channel from the list provided (depending on the regulatory region where the unit is sold). The default setting is at channel 11.
ξTransmission Rate: Select the data transmit rate from this pull-down menu. The default setting is Fully Automatic.
WEP Encryption
ξWEP Encryption: Wireless network communications can be intercepted easily. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is an encryption method specified by the IEEE 802.11g standard to make any intercepted communications extremely difficult to interpret by unauthorized parties. The default setting for this option is Disable. But it is recommended that you either enable WEP encryption or utilize the more advanced form of encryption, WPA-PSK. The WPA-PSK settings are described in the section near the bottom of this page.
ξWEP Key Format: To enable WEP Encryption, you should decide the encryption format first by selecting the ASCII or HEX option, and then input the WEP key (in the following Key 1 - 4 box).
ASCII input format:
ASCII format causes each character you type to be interpreted as an eight-bit value. All unaccented upper- and lower-case Western European characters that can be input through your keyboard's typing zone are valid. To setup a 64-bit WEP key, input 5 ASCII characters. For example, ‘12345’. To setup a 128-bit WEP key, input 13 ASCII characters. For example, ‘1234567890123’. These character counts result in bit counts of 40 and 104 respectively; the camera will automatically pad your input to a bit count of 64 or 128.
HEX input format:
Hex format causes each pair of characters you type to be interpreted as an eight-bit value in hexadecimal (base 16) notation. Only the digits 0 through 9 and the letters A through F (in upper or lower case) are valid. To setup a 64-bit WEP key, input 10 characters in HEX format. For example, ‘3132333435’ (which is the same as an ASCII input of ‘12345’). To set up a 128-bit WEP key, input 26 characters in HEX format. For example, ‘31323334353637383930313233’, (which is the same with ASCII input ‘1234567890123’). These character counts result in bit counts of 40 and 104, respectively; the wireless network camera will automatically pad your input to a bit count of 64 or 128.
ξEncrypt Data Transmissions Using: Use this pull-down menu to decide whether to use Key 1, 2, 3 or 4 for encryption).
ξWPA-PSK:This item is used to secure your wireless network in pre-shared key mode (8-63 ASCII or 64 HEX characters). If you enable this function, each user must enter a pass phrase to access the network.
