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Using the Configuration Utility (continued)

Home > Wireless

AP Name:

You may choose to rename your access point, especially if you have more

than one access point on your network.

SSID:

The SSID is a unique name that identifies a network. All devices on a network

must share the same SSID name in order to communicate on the network.

If you choose

to change the SSID from the default setting, input your new SSID name in this field. The

SSID can be up to 32 characters in length.

Channel:

Channel

6

is the default channel.

Input a new number if you want to change

the default setting. All devices on the network must be set to the same channel to

communicate on the network.

WEP Encryption:

Select

Enable Encryption

to use

WEP

(

W

ired

E

quivalent

P

rivacy)

on the network. All devices on the network, and the access point, must share the same

WEP selection – either

Enable

or

Disable

, and they must share the same WEP key.

The WEP key is generated from

ASCII

or

Hexadecimal

entries that are either 64-, 128-

or 256- bit in length.

When enabling encryption, select the

Key Type

(ASCII or Hexadecimal) and then input

the appropriate digits or letters. You can create up to 4 keys. Select the key you wish to

use.

Hexadecimal

digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F

ASCII

(American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a code for

representing English letters as numbers from 0-127

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Using the Configuration Utility (continued)

Dynamic IP Address:

Select this option if you would like to have an IP address

automatically assigned to the DWL-700AP by a DHCP server in your network.

DHCP

stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is a protocol for assigning

dynamic IP addresses “automatically.”

With a DHCP Server there is no need to

manually assign an IP address.

Static IP Address:

Select this option if you are manually assigning an IP address.

IP Address:

192.168.0.50 is the default IP address of the access point.

Subnet Mask:

255.255.255.0 is the default subnet mask. All devices on the

network must have the same subnet mask to communicate on the network.

Gateway:

Enter the IP address of the gateway in your network.

Home > LAN

IP Address

If you need to assign static IP addresses to the devices in your network, please

remember that the IP address for each computer or device must be in the same IP

address range as all the devices in the network. Each device must also have the

same subnet mask. For example: Assign the first computer an IP address of

192.168.0.2 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, the second device an IP address

of 192.168.0.3 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and so on. Devices that are

assigned the same IP address may not be visible on the network.

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Using the Configuration Utility (continued)

Home > DHCP

DHCP Server:

Select

Enabled

or

Disabled

. Disabled is the default setting. If you

want to use the access point as a DHCP server to automatically assign dynamic IP

addresses on the network, you will select Enabled.

Starting

IP Address:

If you have enabled the DHCP server function, enter the

starting point of the IP address range for your network.

Ending IP Address:

Enter the ending IP address of your IP address range, if you

have enabled the DHCP function of the access point.

Lease Time:

Choose the length of time during which the DHCP function of the

DWL-700AP automatically regenerates the IP addresses to the devices in your

network.

DHCP Client Table:

Lists the devices on your network that are receiving dynamic

IP addresses from the access point.

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Using the Configuration Utility (continued)

Advanced > Mode

Access Point:

Select this option to use the DWL-700 AP as an access point in your

network.

Wireless Client:

Select this option to use the DWL-700AP as a wireless client in your

network. A wireless client is a device that connects to the network through a router or an

access point.

Remote AP MAC:

Input the MAC Address of the remote AP to which the DWL-

700AP will connect when it is in wireless client mode.

Site Survey:

Click the

Site Survey

button to select a remote AP to which you

wish to connect.

Repeater:

Select this option to use the DWL-700AP to extend the reach of a remote

AP by repeating the signal.

Remote AP MAC:

Input the MAC Address of the remote AP that will have its

range extended by the DWL-700AP.

Site Survey:

Click the

Site Survey

button to select a remote AP that you wish

to repeat.

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Using the Configuration Utility (continued)

Advanced > Performance

slightly increase your fragmentation threshold within the value range of 256 to 2,346.

Setting the fragmentation threshold too low may result in poor performance.

DTIM Interval (Beacon Rate)

:

(Delivery Traffic Indication Message) Enter a value

between 1 and 255

(default is 3) for the Delivery Traffic Indication Message. A DTIM is a

countdown informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast

messages.

Basic Rates:

Default is 2Mbps. We recommend that you keep the setting at default. If

you lose connection at the TX rate, you will regain connection at the basic rate. A lower

basic rate will make reconnection easier.

TX Rates:

Select the transmission rate for the network. The default rate is 11Mbps.

Preamble:

Long Preamble

is the default setting. (High traffic networks should use the

shorter preamble type.) The preamble defines the length of the CRC block (Cyclic Redun-

dancy Check is a common technique for detecting data transmission errors) used in

communication between the access point and the roaming wireless network adapters.

Authentication:

Open System

- communicates the key across the network.

Shared Key

- devices must have identical WEP settings to communicate.

Auto

- automatically adjusts to the Authentication mode of the wireless client.

SSID Broadcast:

(Service Set Identifier) Enable or Disable (default) the broadcast

of the SSID name across the network. SSID is a name that identifies a wireless

network. All devices on a network must use the same SSID to establish communica-

tion.

The default Performance settings

are shown here.

Beacon Interval:

Beacons are

packets sent by an access point to

synchronize a wireless network.

Specify a beacon interval value.

Default (100) is recommended.

RTS Threshold:

This value

should remain at its default setting

of 2,437. If you encounter inconsis-

tent data flow, only minor modifica-

tions to the value range between

256 and 2,437 are recommended.

Fragmentation:

This value should

remain at its default setting of 2,347. If you experience a high packet error rate, you may