IBM 22P6415 manual digits

Channels are the spectrum range where your wireless signals are transmitted. The clearer the channel, the better your network performance. You can select the desired channel from the pull-down menu.

Wired equivalency privacy (WEP) encrypts the packets sent by the wireless Gateway. The security settings can affect performance, and must be balanced to your needs.

Note: A higher encryption setting is more secure but will not perform as well as a less secure setting. A 128-bit WEP encryption setting gives the most security, but also produces the least effective data exchange Disabling encryption gives the highest effective data exchange, but does not offer any security.

Closed Network Function: With this function enabled, only wireless clients with the exact same ESSID are allowed access to the Gateway. When disabled, wireless clients with the WSSID of ’ANY are also allowed access.

WEP Key: You can create up to four WEP keys. After enabling WEP, you must enter the same WEP key in the client computers, otherwise they will be refused a connection.

When WEP is enabled, type the WEP key in the WEP Key 1 field. You can type your WEP key in one of two ways:

vFor 64-bit encryption, use either five alphanumeric characters or 10 hexadecimal digits.

vFor 128-bit encryption, use 13 alphanumeric characters or 26 hexadecimal

digits.

The range of digits is ″0-9″and ″A-F″. The range of characters is ″a-z, ″A-Z″, or ″0-9″.

You can also type a WEP key in the Key 2, Key 3, or Key 4 fields. WEP only uses one key. You must select one WEP key as an active key before enabling encryption. The keys must be defined the same on the client and the Wireless Gateway.

Note: The configuration changes made through the Web-based setup utility are

automatically saved into the flash memory within 30 seconds after clicking Apply.

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