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Wireless Settings

You can enable or disable wireless access from the Wireless page of the Base Station Management Tool. When

you enable wireless access, you must establish the following base station settings:

Wireless network name (SSID)

Wireless channel

It is likely that you already established the wireless network name (SSID) and wireless channel when you ran the

Setup Wizard. If you did not run the Setup Wizard, or if for some reason you want to modify these settings, you must

update the wireless network name (SSID) on all the devices that connect wirelessly to your network. For information

about how to update the wireless network name and wireless channel on specific devices, see the Broadband

Network Utility Help.

When you enable wireless access on your network, you should also enable wireless security (WEP) to prevent users

of unauthorized wireless clients from joining your wireless network. For information about wireless security (WEP),

see “Wireless Security (WEP)” in this chapter.

If you know the MAC addresses of all the wireless clients that you want to access your network, you can also

use MAC filtering to prevent unauthorized access. For information about MAC filtering, see “MAC Filtering” in

this chapter.

Wireless Network Name (SSID)

The wireless network name, also known as the Service Set Identifier (SSID), identifies your network. Because the

network name is broadcast by the base station, any user of a wireless device that supports the Institute of Electrical

and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b or 802.11g standards could attempt to join your wireless network when

that device is in range.

Wireless Channel

The wireless channel is a path through which signals flow to and from your network. If you are having difficulty

sending or receiving information on a wireless client, try changing the wireless channel.

To enable wireless access

1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and then click Wireless.

2. If you want to change the wireless channel, click a number in the Wireless channel number drop-down list box.

3. If you want to change the network name, type a new network name in the Wireless network name (SSID) box.

The network name is case sensitive and cannot exceed 32 characters.

4. To apply these settings, click Apply.

Security Settings

The Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station is configured to protect your network from the most common

hacker attacks and other security risks. If necessary, you can change the default base station settings or establish

special services from the Security section of the Base Station Management Tool.

The following sections describe the security features of the base station and how to customize them.

Be aware that changing security settings might affect whether the computers on your LAN are able to connect to

the LAN and Internet. You should not change the default security settings unless you are absolutely clear about

your objective in doing so.

Wireless Security (WEP)

The Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station uses wireless security (WEP) to prevent unauthorized users from

accessing data that is being transmitted over the network. From the Base Station Management Tool, you can:

Enable wireless encryption.

Change the network key or modify the encryption settings that you established in the Setup Wizard.

Disable wireless encryption.

When data is encrypted, it is rendered unreadable by a network key—called a WEP key—before being transmitted

between wireless nodes. The data is readable only by computers that have the network key to decrypt the data.

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