Chapter 3 Connection Wizard

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 3 Network > Wireless LAN > AP Select

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Select

Use the radio button to select the wireless device to which you want to connect.

 

 

SSID

This displays the Service Set IDentity of the wireless device. The SSID is a unique name

 

that identifies a wireless network. All devices in a wireless network must use the same

 

SSID.

 

 

MAC

This displays the MAC address of the wireless device.

 

 

Channel

This displays the channel number used by this wireless device.

 

 

Mode

This displays which IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless networking standards the wireless device

 

supports.

 

 

Security Mode

This displays the type of security configured on the wireless device. When no is shown, no

 

security is configured and you can connect to it without a password.

 

 

Strength

This displays the strength of the wireless signal. The signal strength mainly depends on

 

the antenna output power and the distance between your WRE2205 and this device.

 

 

Setup repeater

Select this to setup the AP manually.

manually

 

 

 

SSID

If Setup repeater manually is selected, use this field to type the SSID of the AP. This is

 

useful when the AP’s SSID is hidden.

 

 

Refresh

Click this to search for available wireless devices within transmission range and update

 

this table.

 

 

BACK

Click this to go back to the previous step in the wizard.

 

 

NEXT

Click this to start the next step in the AP setup process.

 

 

EXIT

Click this to exit the wizard.

 

 

Previous

Click this to see the previous page of APs.

 

 

Next

Click this to see the next page of APs.

 

 

Note: The wireless stations and WRE2205 must use the same SSID, channel ID, WPA-PSK (if WPA-PSK is enabled) or WPA2-PSK (if WPA2-PSK is enabled) for wireless communication.

2Type a key. The number of characters accepted by the KEY field is shown in the following table.

Table 4 Maximum Key Lengths

ENCRYPTION

KEY FORMAT

KEY LENGTH

64-bit WEP

ASCII

5 characters

 

 

 

 

Hex

10 characters

 

 

 

128-bit WEP

ASCII

13 characters

 

 

 

 

Hex

26 characters

 

 

 

WPA pre-shared key

Passphrase

8-63 characters

 

 

 

 

Hex

64 characters

 

 

 

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