NETGEAR PS100 manual Wireless Configuration

NetGear Print Server Manual

7.Click on Next.

The next Printer Server Setup Wizard window, Figure 4-14, shows wireless settings for the print server. If there is no NETGEAR 802.11b MA401 Wireless PC card in the slot, and not planning for now, you can simply skip this step by going directly to the next step.

Wireless Configuration

Station Name is not changeable. It is the MAC address of the Ethernet of the print server.

SSID is Service Set Identifier, which should be the same for the entire wireless LAN. Get it from the network administrator. If the Encryption is disabled and the Authentication using Open system, this field can be empty.

Depends on the country area, you can choose one from 11 to 13 channels for the wireless communication. Please note, when the wireless network type is in infrastructure mode, the channel is selected automatically same as with the Access Point.

For the Network Type, if you have an Access Point, you MUST use Infrastructure mode to communicate wirelessly. Please note, if plan to use the PS100 Series Wireless Ready Print Server in infrastructure mode with Access Point, you MUST NOT connect it with Ethernet network, or it will disable the wireless communication.

You can secure your wireless communication by using wired equivalent privacy (WEP) encryption. The default encryption is disabled as WEP Disabled selected. By selecting WEP Enabled, you can enable the 64- bit or 128-bit encryption. If you choose 64-bit WEP Keys, you have the choice of Key 1 to Key 4 for the Default key. All the key fields are hexadecimal from 00 to FF. You need to enter five hexadecimal values as a set for 64-bit encryption and 13 for 128-bit.

You also need to choose WEP Authentication method from one of Open System and Shared Key. The WEP Authentication is associated with the SSID. For the Open System, the wireless device without SSID is accepted to the Access Point, if no encryption. Some wireless devices can even browse the SSID from Access Point. If use Shared Key for WEP Authentication, the wireless device must use the same SSID to get access to the Access Point.

If you plan to use encryption, please make sure all the wireless communicating devices sharing the same authentication, default key, and encryption keys.

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