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Wireless Network Connections

Network Connections Control Panel

For best results, do not use the Network Connections panel (Start > Control Panel > Network Connections) to disable the Summit wireless adapter. Due to a limitation of the system architecture, if the Summit wireless adapter is disabled in the Network Connections panel, it cannot be re-enabled from this control panel. Instead, the Thor VM1 must be rebooted to enable the Summit wireless adapter.

The Device Manager (Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager) can be used to disable and enable the Summit wireless adapter without rebooting the Thor VM1.

Summit Wireless Network Configuration

The Summit client device is a Summit 802.11a/b/g/n radio, capable of 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n data rates. The radio can be configured for no encryption, WEP encryption or WPA security.

Security Options Supported are

Important Notes

It is important that all dates are correct on the Thor VM1 and host computers when using any type of certificate. Certificates are date sensitive and if the date is not correct authentication will fail.

!It may be necessary to upgrade radio software in order to use certain Summit Client Utility (SCU) features. Contact Technical Assistance (page 9-1)for details.

!When using the 802.11a radio, the U-NII 1 band is the preferred band for indoor operation. For regulatory domains in which the U-NII 3 band is allowed, the following channels are supported: 149, 153, 157 and 161. The AP must be con- figured accordingly.

After making any changes to the wireless configuration, restart the Thor VM1.

Summit Client Utility

Note: When making changes to profile or global parameters, the device should be restarted afterwards.

Start > All Programs > Summit > Summit Client Utility or

SCU Icon on Desktop or

Summit Tray Icon (if present) or

Wi-FI Icon in the Windows Control Panel (if present)

The Main tab provides information, admin login and active profile selection.

Profile specific parameters are found on the Profile tab. The parameters on this tab can be set to unique values for each profile.

The Status tab contains information on the current connection.

The Diags tab provides utilities to troubleshoot the radio.

Global parameters are found on the Global tab. The values for these parameters apply to all profiles.

Summit Tray Icon

The Summit tray icon is not shown when the Thor VM1 is running Windows Embedded Standard 2009.

The Windows Wireless icon (located in the taskbar) may not display a successful wireless connection. The SCU Main tab should be used to verify the success of the connection instead.

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