Prestige 334W User’s Guide

Table 23-4 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup

FIELD

 

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

 

 

 

 

 

WEP

Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access

Disable

 

points without any data encryption.

 

 

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Default Key

Enter the key number (1 to 4) in this field. Only one key can be enabled at

1

 

any one time. This key must be the same on the Prestige and the wireless

 

 

stations to communicate.

 

 

 

 

Key 1 to

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the Prestige and the wireless

0x12345abcd

Key 4

stations must use the same WEP key for data transmission.

e

 

If you chose 64-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter any 5

 

 

ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

 

 

If you chose 128-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter 13 ASCII

 

 

characters or 26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter “0x” before the key to denote a

 

 

 

hexadecimal key. Don’t enter “0x” before the key

 

 

 

to denote an ASCII key.

 

 

 

 

 

Authen.

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Auto, Open System Only or Shared Key

Auto

Method

Only and press [ENTER].

 

 

This field is N/A if WEP is not activated.

 

 

If WEP encryption is activated, the default setting is Auto.

 

 

 

 

Preamble

Select a preamble type from the drop-down list menu. Choices are Long,

Long

 

Short and Auto. The default setting is Auto.

 

 

See the section on preamble for more information.

 

 

 

 

802.11

Select 802.11b Only to allow only IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devices

Mixed

Mode

to associate with the Prestige.

 

 

Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices

 

 

to associate with the Prestige.

 

 

Select Mixed to allow either IEEE802.11b or IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN

 

 

devices to associate with the Prestige. The transmission rate of your

 

 

Prestige might be reduced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Menu 3 LAN Setup