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Updating other Profiles
You can also update a profile which is not in use. This will have no effec t on the existi ng Wi-Fi
connection from your comput er to the Mi Fi 2200.
• Change the Selected Profile to t he Profile you wish to change.
• Wait for the scree n to update with the Wi-Fi set tings for the sele cted profil e.
• Change the settings as desire d. Note that for the “Temporar y Hotspot” profile,
these setti ngs cannot be changed directl y. For this Profile, you can only clic k
“Generate” to gene rate new values for the network name (SSID) and security key.
• Click the “Up date” button to save your changes. Alt ernativel y, click the “App ly”
button to both update this profil e and start using it (make it the current profi le).
Wi-Fi Settings
Each Wi-Fi Profile contains the following setti ngs. For the “Temporary Hotspot” profil e, these
settings cannot be changed dire ctly.
- Network Name (SSID) - The Network Name (also called SSID) of the Sele cted
Profile. Note that each profile must have a differ ent networ k name to avoid
confusing wirele ss clients.
- 802.11 Mode - Select the desi red mode.
- Channel – Select the desired channel . If available, the “Auto” set ting is
recommended. Wit h this setting, the be st available channel wil l be
automatically sele cted. If the “Aut o” setting is not available , you can
experime nt to see which channel provides the best re sults, but normally the
default value will be fine.
- Security - For the "Secure" profile, sele ct the desir ed security me thod. Use the
most secure method supporte d by your wirele ss clients. The options are list ed
in order, from least secur e to most secure .
• WEP 64-bit
• WEP 128-bit
• WPA Personal/PSK (TKIP)
• WPA2 Personal/P SK (AES)
- Network Key - Enter the ne twork key. The requir ements for the network key
depend upon the Securit y option chosen.
• WEP 64-bit - 5 ASCII characters or 10 HEX characters.
• WEP 128-bit - 13 ASCII characte rs or 26 HEX characters.
• WPA Personal/PSK (TKIP) - ASCII stri ng, 8 to 63 character s in length.
• WPA2 Personal/P SK (AES) - ASCII string, 8 to 63 characters in le ngth.