AirLive WL-2000CAM User Manual

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AirLive WL-2000CAM User’s Manual

Wireless Settings

These settings control how the camera interacts with the wireless network. Apart from identifying the wireless

network, it is also possible to enable wireless encryption.

IP Address

– This displays blank, 0.0.0.0 or IP Address. When it’s blank, the camera doesn’t establish physical

link with access point yet. The 0.0.0.0 means that physical link was established but trying to get IP address.

When it displays IP address, then user can use wireless network.

ESSID - This is the name of the wireless network the camera is configured for. The field accepts up to 32

alphanumeric characters. The name must be exactly the same as that used in the wireless access point or the

connection will not be established.

Leaving this field blank means the camera will attempt to access the nearest open network.

Note: ESSID is sometimes written as SSID.

Mode - Setting this to Managed means the camera will attempt to access the nearest open access point. The

Ad hoc option allows the camera to connect to other wireless devices (clients).

Note: WEP is the only available encryption method for Ad hoc setting (see below).

Authentication - This has four authentication options:

•WPA2-PSK

•WPA-PSK

•Open

•Shared Key

Encryption - This has four authentication options:

•For WPA-/ WPA2-PSK

•TKIP

•AES

•For Open/ Shared Key

•WEP

•No security

WPA-/WPA2-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access - Pre-Shared Key) The camera uses a pre-shared key (PSK) to

initiate WPA security. The pre-shared key is entered on the access point and on each device on the wireless

network. The key can be entered either as Manual hex, as 64 hexadecimal (0-9, A-F) characters, or as a

passphrase, using 8 to 63 ASCII characters. The access point keeps out unauthorized users by requiring the

key to communicate.

WEP (Wired Equivalent Protection) The original security standard used in wireless networks that provides a

minimal level of security that can deter minor trespasses. The administrator can select the key length among 64

or 128 bits. 64bits is the default setting.