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AP mode configuration
Channel: The channel that AP will operate in. User can select the channel range
from 1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain, 1 to 13 for European (ETSI)
domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain.
SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients
and nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and
nodes in the wireless network.
Authentication Type: The authentication type default is set to Open system.
There are six options: Open system; Shared Key; WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA
and WPA2. User may want to set to Shared Key when the clients and AP in the
same wireless network enable the encryption. All the nodes and hosts on the
network must use the same authentication type.
WEP Key: To disable WEP security, click on the “Disable” option. To enable
WEP security, there are 2 types to select – 64bits and 128 bits. When it is
selected, the key value must be entered in ASCII or HEX format.
Note: When the WEP security is enabled, all the wireless clients that wish to
connect to the Access Point must also have WEP enabled with the identical
WEP Key value entered.