Garmin HN294DP/DI manual Parameter, Description, Wireless SSID

Advanced Configuration

The table below describes the parameters:

Parameter

Wireless SSID

Description

The Wireless SSID (Service Set IDentification) is the name of your wireless network. The HN294d comes preconfigured with a unique name, HN294- xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of its wireless MAC address. This MAC address can be found on an information sticker at the bottom of your HN294d.

If you change the name, make sure you select something that is unlikely to be used by any other wireless networks close to you. The SSID is the way to find your wireless network if there are more than one. Your wireless clients (laptop, PC, etc) will scan the air and find the SSID of all available networks. If more than one, select your own.

Hide SSID

Desired Channel

Authentication Type

Check Hide SSID if you don’t want the HN294d to send out the SSID to prevent network intrusion by using WLAN sniffer tools to read the SSID.

In the Desired Channel drop-down list, choose the channel you wish to use. To optimize the connection, be sure not to use a channel close to one used nearby. E.g., if there is another wireless network running on channel 1 nearby, do not use channel 2 or 3, but rather channel 4 or preferably 5. In case you want to deploy many (more than three or four) different wireless networks at the same location, it is better to use the same channel twice than using to adjacent channels.

The number of available channels depends on national regulation, and will therefore be different for each country. When you have selected a channel in the HN294d, the clients will automatically adapt to that channel upon joining the wireless network.

There are three possible Authentication types: Open system, Shared Key or Auto.

An access point that operates in “open system” mode will let any WLAN client associate to the access point, whereas an access point running in “shared key” mode will require a proof from each client trying to connect to the access point in order to associate. This is d one automatically and is based on the entered WEP key (which must be the same in the client and the HN294d).

Selecting “shared key” mode in the HN294d, will in order to connect, force the clients to select shared

52 EN/LZT 108 6377 R4 - September 2003