OTC Wireless ASR-102, ACR-201 manual

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exactly the same SSID as the SSID entered in this sub-tab. The tightest level of network access control is implemented in Level 3, [Hide SSID, Match SSID, Use Allowed List], add one additional criterion for a Station to gain access to the network associated with this AP—its MAC address must appear in the “Allowed Station List” (see below) shown in the lower-right corner of this sub-tab.

Allowed Station List: The MAC addresses of the Stations in the network need to be entered here if the Level 3, [Hide

SSID, Match SSID, Use Allowed List], has been chosen as the access control method. When Level 3, [Hide SSID, Match SSID, Use Allowed List], is selected, the Add, the Delete and the Exit buttons below the “Allowed List” panel become undimmed and selectable (Screen-shot #6). An input box (screen-shot #7) for entering the MAC address of a Station to be allowed to join the network appears when the Add button is clicked. Type in the MAC address and click the Done button, the newly added MAC address should appear in the list. As usual, the Apply button needs to be clicked before this addition truly takes effect. To delete a MAC address from the “Allowed Station

List”, simply highlight the MAC address and click the Delete button. Clicking on the Exit button right after either the Add or the Delete action, but before pressing the Apply button, will cancel either the Add or the Delete action.

Note that if the Station radio is a Wireless PCMCIA Card or a Wireless USB Adapter, the MAC address is directly associated with the Card or the Adapter. The MAC addresses can be either read off the labels on the Card/Adapter, or from the utility programs, or from the host computers (e.g., “ipconfig /all” in DOS, “ifconfig” in Linux, or the “Network” setting in the “Control Panel” of Microsoft Windows). However, if the Station is an AirEZY-2411-BT, the MAC address is

NOT the MAC address on the label of the radio, it is, instead, the MAC address of the Ethernet port of the host computer/device.

Tx Rate: The RF environment sometimes can be hostile to the highest data rate available to AirEZY 2411 BT. That gives rise to the need for trading off between data rate and link robustness. The six choices in the pull-down list allow the network manager to select that optimum trade off.

Authentication Option: When the “open system” option is chosen, no encryption is applied to the packets exchanged between this Station radio and another radio. Communication with another radio (a station or an AP), however, can be successful only if the other radio also is set up to communicate in the “open

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