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Wi-Fi Configuration
This panel allows you to customize your device.
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Current Profile
: Displays the current network profile.
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Selected Profile
: Displays/changes the selected network profile .
Click or touch the drop down menu to select a profile (Open or Secure).
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Authentication
(read-only): Always shows “Open Access”. Provided
for Wi-Fi clients that require an authentication option to be selected.
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Network Name (SSID)
: Displays the network name. Click or touch the
field to enter a network ID.
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Security
: Security provides different types of security protocols. The
protocols encrypt the data that is going between two points.
Click or touch the drop down menu to select a protocol. Protocols are
listed from least secure to most secure.
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Password
: Displays the current network password. Click or touch the
field and enter a new password to password-protect access to your
network. WPA provides the highest level of Wi-Fi security, but older
Wi-Fi-enabled devices may not support WPA security. WEP security is
supported by virtually all Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
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802.11 Mode
: Displays Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
connection speed. Click or touch the drop down menu to select a
connection speed.
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Broadcast Channel
: Click or touch
Auto
for the Mobile Hotspot to
automatically choose the best available channel. Click or touch the
drop down menu to select a specific channel.
Buttons
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Apply
: Click or touch button to update the profile.
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Revert
: Click or touch button to returns changed profile settings to the
previous settings.
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Update Profile
: Click or touch button to update the profile and also
make it the current profile.