NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point WG602v4 Reference Manual

• b only – Supports only 802.11b. The default is g and b.

7.Click Apply to save your settings.

Verify your connection by clicking Site Survey. The ID radio button of your wireless connection should be enabled. You can also click Information. The Associated AP should show the MAC address of the remote AP. If no connection has been made, a “no association” message will display.

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Table 4-1. Site Survey Fields

Field

Description

 

 

ID

Identifies a network that you can connect to or that you are connected to.

 

 

SSID

The Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the access point or peer device. Note that, as a security

 

measure, some wireless access points do not broadcast their SSID. In such cases, the SSID

 

field will be blank even though the rest of the information will still be displayed.

 

 

Security

Identifies the wireless network security type. In order to connect to this network you must

 

have the same security type enabled.

 

 

Mode

Identifies the type of wireless network—Access Point (Infrastructure) or peer-to-peer (Ad

 

Hoc)

 

 

Channel

Identifies the direct-sequence channel that the access point or peer is currently using.

 

 

Signal

Identifies the signal strength of the communications.

 

 

The scenario below illustrates WG602v4 in Client Mode where multiple devices are connected behind the wired Ethernet side (PC1 and Printer). The WG602v4 Client, with a Network Type of Infrastructure, acts like a wireless bridge between two wired LANs. The WG602v4, in AP mode on the other LAN, provides access to the Internet.

Advanced Configuration

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v1.0, June 2007

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NETGEAR WG602V4 manual Site Survey Fields, Field Description