User manual NETGEAR WAB102

[. . . ] User's Guide for the WAB102 802. 11a+b Dual Band Wireless Access Point NETGEAR, Inc. 4401 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 10001 01 November 2002 NETGEAR, INC. www. NETGEAR. com Technical Support Please register to obtain technical support. To register your product, get product support or obtain product information and product documentation, go to http://www. NETGEAR. com. [. . . ] The SSID assigned to the wireless node is required to match the access point SSID in order for the wireless node to communicate with the access point. Default: Wireless Channel/Frequency Shows the current channel and frequency in use. The wireless channel in use will be between 1 to 11 for US and Canada, 1 to 13 for Europe and Australia. Default: 6 Data Rate Shows the available transmit data rate of the wireless network. The possible data rates supported are: 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 5. 5 Mbps and 11 Mbps. Default: Best Setting Up Basic Wireless Connectivity 19 User's Guide for the WAB102 802. 11a+b Dual Band Wireless Access Point Change Password 1. To change the current password, choose the Password option from the AP Setup menu in the WAB102 Web Server home page. The default password is "1234. " 2. Change your password. Click Apply for the new password to take effect. Note: Take note of your new password, otherwise you will not be able to access the Access Point setup. You can restore the default password "1234" by pressing the Restore Factory Default button on the WAB102 back panel for at least 5 seconds. 20 Setting Up Basic Wireless Connectivity User's Guide for the WAB102 802. 11a+b Dual Band Wireless Access Point Security Configuration To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, the Security screen of the AP Setup offers use of an authentication protocol as well as data encryption, known as WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). For a step-by-step treatment of security setup, see "Enabling Basic Wireless Access Security Features" on page 34. 1. Click Security on the AP Setup menu and log in. 3. Choose Your Authentication Method To set authentication for either the 802. 11a or 802. 11b band, select the Open System or Shared Key Authentication Type by selecting the radio button. Shared Key operation offers a step up in security over Open System operation. Note: The access point can be configured for Open System authentication but still have active encryption on the same band. Setting Up Basic Wireless Connectivity 21 User's Guide for the WAB102 802. 11a+b Dual Band Wireless Access Point 4. Set Up 802. 11a Encryption Security as Needed For 802. 11a, you can set up to four Encryption Keys, each of which can have a different encryption level: 64-bit, 128-bit, or 152-bit. The default setting indicates which key is used for encrypting transmissions by the access point. Other devices in the network must have the same key value entered for this encryption key to allow them to receive these transmissions. These other devices can be set to transmit back to the access point with another Encryption Key, by setting it as default. To receive these transmissions, configure the access point to have the same key value entered into the same key space as the other device is transmitting on. This scheme allows different user nodes in the 802. 11a net to use different levels of encryption for their transmit messaging and ensures a level of privacy between users on the same WLAN. 5. Set Up 802. 11b Encryption Security as Needed For 802. 11b, you must have four Encryption Keys set, and all four keys must have the same encryption level -- 64-bit or 128-bit. All devices in the network must have the same key values in each of the four Encryption Keys. The Encryption Key selected as default determines the encryption level at which the access point is transmitting. For 64-bits encryption: Hexadecimal: 10 hexadecimal digits in the range of "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" (e. g. 11AA22BB33) For 128-bits encryption: Hexadecimal: 26 hexadecimal digits in the range of "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" (e. g. For 152-bits encryption (for 802. 11a only): Hexadecimal: 32 hexadecimal digits in the range of "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" (e. g. [. . . ] The computer with the wireless adapter may not have the correct TCP/IP settings to communicate with the network. Restart the computer and check that TCP/IP is set up properly for that network. The usual setting for Windows is the Network Properties are set to Obtain an IP address automatically. The access point's default values may not work with your network. [. . . ]