Motorola WU830G - Manual (Page 26)

CONFIGURATION SECTION 3
WU830G 3-9
6 Select the Network Type. The options are Infrastructure or
Ad-Hoc. For more information, refer to the description for Network
Type in the table following this procedure.
7 If your network type is Ad-Hoc, select the Channel. For more
information, refer to the description for Channel in the table
following this procedure.
8 Click Set Security and configure the security for this profile. For
more information, refer to “Configuring Security Settings.”
9 Click Apply Changes to save the network profile.
The following table provides more information about the fields on the
Profiles tab:
Field or Button Description
Profile Name The profile setting enables you to save different
configurations for different working environments.
The “default” profile contains the initial
configuration setting for the WU830G.
Network Name
(SSID) The Network Name Service Set Identifier (SSID)
identifies and announces the wireless network to
wireless devices. This is a case-sensitive
identifier, and must not exceed 32 characters.
The SSID “any” is a special SSID. It allows your
wireless device to connect to any available
access point.
Network Type Select either Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure mode
depending on the network type to which you are
connecting.
!
Ad-Hoc mode is used for simple peer to peer
networks. It allows the sharing of local
resources between wireless cards without
using a wireless access point.
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Infrastructure mode enables a wireless client
to be integrated into an existing network
through a wireless access point.