D-Link DWL-AG530 manual Authentication, Data Encryption, Key Length, IEEE802.1x, Keys, IP Settings

Using the Configuration Utility (continued)

SSID:

Service Set Identifier is a name that identifies a Configuration 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.

Wireless Mode:

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.

Authentication:

Choose one of the following modes:

Open Authentication - The DWL-AG530 is visible to all devices on the network.

Shared Authentication- Allows communication only with other devices with identical WEP settings.

WPA/WPA2* - Select to enable WPA/WPA2. Click Athentication Config.

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK*- Select to enable WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. Click Authentication Config.

*(See the following pages for more detailed configuration instructions.)

Data Encryption:

Select Enabled or Disabled.

Key Length:

Select the key length and either ASCII or hexadecimal format.

IEEE802.1x:

Enable 802.1x in this field. (802.1x is automatically enabled when WPA/WPA2 or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSKis selected.)

Keys 1-4:

Select the default key.

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.

IP Settings:

When you click IP Settings in the Configuration window, the pop-up screen shown on the next page will appear. Configure the IP settings in that window.

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