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User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.4.x
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Chapter 14 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings
Concepts
The typical workflow is as follows.
1.
Pick an ASCII passphrase. For example, PassphraseWEP128.
2.
Convert your string of ASCII characters to the hexadecimal key or keys for your network.
•
WEP-64 uses four short hexadecimal keys.
•
WEP-128 uses one long hexadecimal key.
3.
Configure your DMP to use the ASCII from which you derived the hexadecimal.
4.
Configure your wireless router to use the appropriate hexadecimal key or keys.
Related Topics
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Establish a Wireless Network Connection (802.11), page 14-6
Workflow
It is not necessary, useful, or correct to restart a DMP immediately after you define its Wi-Fi settings.
Instead, the typical workflow is as follows.
1.
Define
Wi-Fi
settings
1
.
1. Verify that the Broadcast SSID setting is enabled on your wireless access points. Otherwise, your DMPs are prevented from
obtaining IP addresses.
2.
Save
Wi-Fi
settings.
3.
Apply Wi-Fi settings.
a.
Use DMPDM to restart DMP.
b.
Immediately unplug
DMP Ethernet cable.
OR
a.
Unplug DMP power cord.
b.
Unplug DMP Ethernet cable.
c.
Plug in the DMP power cord.
4.
Get WLAN
IP address.