| Radio mode |
Local Access point (default) or Infrastructure Station mode.
Radio Mode determines if the DPG-2000W is to access the Internet or act as a local access point only.
If in Local Access Point radio mode, DPG-2000W will be set in Automatic Operation Mode (see next help
topic below) and network changes are optional. If DPG-2000W is set for Infrastructure Station mode,
then the Operation Mode will be set to Manual. You will need to enter the SSID of the available wireless
router or AP in the Operation Mode SSID field. Click Apply once configuration is finished. If in Infrastructure
Station mode, you will need to connect your wireless adapter to the same wireless router or AP as entered in
the Operation Mode SSID field.
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| Authentication type |
When the "Open system" option is chosen, no encryption is
applied to the exchanged packets between DPG-2000W and another 802.11 compliant radio (operated in Infrastructure mode).
When the "Shared key" option is chosen, WEP keys of DPG-2000W and this radio must match so that communication between them can be successfully established.
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| Channel |
When "Manual" radiobox is checked, this field can be used to set the DPG-2000W's operation channel after
you click the "Apply" button. You can select a channel from the dropdown menu.
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| Operation mode |
Automatic or Manual. This is to set the DPG-2000W's operation to be in either automatic
mode (default) or manual mode. If DPG-2000W operates in automatic mode, it will automatically choose a unique SSID
AND a clearest channel to operate on when the DPG-2000W boots up. The recommendation is to leave the DPG-2000W on automatic
operation mode unless you have very crowded communications and are sure only certain channels are open without
RF interference.
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| SSID /network name |
When "Manual" radiobox is checked, this field can be used to set DPG-2000W's
SSID or Wi-Fi network name. If the DPG-2000W is running under the infrastructure station mode, this field must match the SSID of
the Access Point which the DPG-2000W is trying to connect to.
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| Transmission key selection |
One of the four default keys needs to be selected for
transmitting data frames. The radio can decrypt the received data that are encrypted in
any one of the four default keys, but it uses only one of the default keys for
transmitting its data.
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| WEP encryption enabled |
This check box allows users to enable or disable WEP feature for data encryption.
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| WEP key length |
The 64-bit encryption is currently the 802.11 standard. The
128-bit encryption is supported by equipment from a limited number of vendors.
Note that the "user-controlled" portion of the 64-bit encryption is just 40
bits (10 Hex digits) and that for the 128-bit encryption is just 104 bits (26
Hex digits) 3-bytes of the encryption key are internal to the encryption
algorithm.
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