gest signal. Chapter Seven D-Link D-Link AirPlus AirPlus 802.11g/2.4GHz Wireless Router 802.11g/2.4GHz Wireless Router Advanced Tools Status Advanced Tools Status DI-524 DI-524 Wireless Settings Wireless Performance These are the settings for the AP(Access Point portion These are the Wireless features for the AP(Access Point portion Network ID(SSID) Roslyn Interval (msec, range -1000 default 100) Channel Wizard Threshold (range 256-2432 default 2432) Security (range 256-2346 default 2346, even number Wireless WEP Encryption Key Mode (range 1-65535 default 3) C31800CC20 mixed mode mode Filter (Mbps) Open System o Shared Key Both Firewall Enable Disable Input 10 HEX characters (HEX) 0-9,A-F, Apply Cancel Help Apply Cancel Help Performance Figure 7-4: Typical Access Point Configuration Screens limit or the maximum number of retries before a packet is dropped. Figure 7-4 shows typical set-up screens for configuring access point operating parameters. Wireless Station Configuration As for access points, station configuration details will be hardware dependent, but Table 7-14 describes the basis wireless NIC configuration Table 7-14: Wireless NIC Configuration Parameter Configuration considerations Network mode Select infrastructure mode if the station will be associating with an access point, or ad-hoc mode if the station will only be connecting to other stations and not to an access point. Enter the SSID of the access point that this station will be connecting to. Radio channel Selection of the operating channel within the range allowed by local regulations. Operating mode As for access points, for 802.11g hardware a selection can be made between mixed mode and g-only mode in 802.11g networks. Security Security settings (passphrase or encryption keys, transmit key and authentication mode) must match those entered for the access point that the station will be associating with. Implementing Wireless LANs D- ink AirPlus G Wireless Utility D-1 ink AirPlus G Wireless Utility Roslyn Link Info Link Info Wireless Mode Infrast