Planet Technology ICA-100 - Manual (Page 15)

Broadband Router User Guide
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Enter the URL of the DDNS service provider whom you registered to.
Host Name
Enter the hostname you registered.
User Name
Enter the user name that used to login the DDNS web site.
Password
Enter the password of your account.
Wireless Interface: (ICA-100W only)
Connection Mode:
Use the Connection Mode to determine the type of wireless communication for ICA-
100W. There are three choices of Infrastructure mode, 802.11 Adhoc mode and
Adhoc mode. The default setting for the Connection Mode is Infrastructure.
Note: Keep in mind after setting the Wireless Interface, making sure that the Slide
Switch on the rear panel is positioned to either LAN/WLAN or WLAN setting for the
wireless communication to take effect.
Network Name:
This field is used to setup which wireless network (ESS-ID Extended Service Set ID)
ICA-100W is to be connected for communication. The ESS-ID is a unique identifier
shared among all points in a wireless network environment. The default Network
Name is blank space (NULL String), this default setting will let ICA-100W connect
to ANY access point under the infrastructure network mode. To connect ICA-100W
to a specific access point on the network make sure to set the ESS-ID of ICA-100W
to correspond with the access point
’s ESS-ID for communication. Type any string
up to 32 characters long (spaces, symbols, and punctuation are not allowed) in the
Network Name box.
To connect ICA-100W to an Ad-hoc wireless workgroup make sure to set the same
wireless channel and ESSID to match with the PC/Notebook wireless channel and
ESS-ID for direct wireless communication under the Ad-hoc wireless workgroup
(ad-hoc and 802.11 ad-hoc modes).
Note : ICA-100W ad-hoc mode supports two modes (802.11 ad-hoc mode and
proprietary ad-hoc mode). Which option should be chosen depends on which ad-
hoc mode is supported by your wireless card driver on the PC/ Notebook. Some
driver supports both modes, however, some driver support only one of the modes.
The names of each ad-hoc mode may not be consistent between each wireless
card vendor therefore you may need to try each of the ad-hoc mode (802.11 mode
and proprietary mode) and select the mode that can communicate with each other.
Wireless Channel:
The pull down menu provides the wireless channel for communication. A "channel"
is a range of frequencies to be used in communication between ICA-100W and Ac-
cess Point in infrastructure mode or ICA-100W and PC/Notebook in Ad-hoc mode.
Select the appropriate channel from the list provided depending on the regulatory
region that the unit is sold. The default setting is at channel 11.
Encryption WEP Key:
Wireless network communications are easily intercepted. WEP (Wired Equivalent
Privacy) is an encryption method specified by the IEEE 802.11b standard to make
any intercepted communications extremely difficult to interpret by unauthorized par-
ties. To enable WEP Encryption, first decide which WEP key format will be applied.