Allied Telesis AT-WCU201G - Manual (Page 40)

Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility
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No Security A Preferred WLAN without security is appropriate in a wireless network
environment where there is no encryption or authentication between the
wireless nodes and the wireless routers or access points.
Caution
A wireless network without security is vulnerable to unauthorized
access.
To configure the Wireless Network Properties window for a Preferred
WLAN with no security, perform the following procedure:
1. Click Wireless Network Name (SSID) and enter the name of the
network. The name is case sensitive.
2. Click Authentication Mode and select Open System from the pull-
down menu.
3. Click Data Encryption and select Disable from the pull-down menu.
Note
You must assign the profile an IP address. To set the IP address for
the profile now, go to step 5 in “Configuring the IP Address” on
page 45. To set the IP address ar another time, complete this
procedure.
4. Click OK to close the Wireless Network Properties window.
The Preferred WLANs section of the Configuration tab should now
include a new Preferred WLAN for the network.
5. Click Apply.
This completes the procedure for creating a Preferred WLAN profile
with no security.
WEP Security
To configure the Wireless Network Properties window for WEP security,
do the following:
1. Click the Wireless network name (SSID) field and enter the name of
the wireless network. The name is case sensitive.
2. Select the Authentication Mode parameter and from the pull-down
menu select either Open System or Shared Key.
ˆ In an Open System environment a node does not provide
authentication to the access point in order to access the network. It
only needs to provide the SSID of the network.