CONFIGURATION

SECTION 3

 

 

6Select the Network Type. The options are Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc. For more information, refer to the description for Network Type in the table following this procedure.

7If your network type is Ad-Hoc, select the Channel. For more information, refer to the description for Channel in the table following this procedure.

8Click Set Security and configure the security for this profile. For more information, refer to “Configuring Security Settings.”

9Click Apply Changes to save the network profile.

The following table provides more information about the fields on the

Profiles tab:

Field or Button

Description

Profile Name

The profile setting enables you to save different

 

configurations for different working environments.

 

The “default” profile contains the initial

 

configuration setting for the WU830G.

Network Name

The Network Name Service Set Identifier (SSID)

(SSID)

identifies and announces the wireless network to

 

wireless devices. This is a case-sensitive

 

identifier, and must not exceed 32 characters.

 

The SSID “any” is a special SSID. It allows your

 

wireless device to connect to any available

 

access point.

Network Type

Select either Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure mode

 

depending on the network type to which you are

 

connecting.

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Ad-Hoc mode is used for simple peer to peer networks. It allows the sharing of local resources between wireless cards without using a wireless access point.

Infrastructure mode enables a wireless client to be integrated into an existing network through a wireless access point.

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