User manual THOMSON SPEEDTOUCH 121G

[. . . ] Microsoft®, MS-DOS®, Windows® and Windows NT® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Apple® and Mac OS® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. UNIX® is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Incorporated. Adobe®, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Incorporated, registered in the United States and/or other countries. [. . . ] Click Delete To delete the profile, selected in the Select Profile drop-down menu. Configuration sub-tabs The Configuration tab features three sub-tabs: Common To configure the basic wireless parameters for your SpeedTouchTM121g. Security To configure the wireless security of the SpeedTouchTM121g connection. Advanced To configure advanced power and wireless performance parameters of the SpeedTouchTM121g. 12 E-DOC-CTC-20051018-0002 v1. 0 Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager Common Common allows you to configure the basic wireless parameters: The following fields are available: Network Name (default: "speedtouch") Input an SSID string for the wireless network to which you want to connect. This should be set to the same value as the SSID of the access point or wireless router to which you are connected. Set this value to ANY to allow connection to any access point. This assumes that the access points are broadcasting the SSID. If not, then set the SSID to the value configured on the Access Point. Operating Mode Set the operation mode to: 802. 11 ad hoc To create a wireless network without access point. Infrastructure For connections with an access point. Transmit Rate Indicates the data transmission rate. Select an appropriate transmission speed. Channel If you are setting up an ad hoc wireless LAN, set the channel to the same radio channel as that used by the other wireless clients in your group. However, if you are connecting to a network via an access point, then the channel is automatically set by the access point. E-DOC-CTC-20051018-0002 v1. 0 13 Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager Security The Security ON/Security OFF button indicates whether the security function has been enabled or disabled: By default wireless security is disabled. Click Security OFF to enable the security function (the button changes to Security ON): The following fields are available: Authentication Type WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) are implemented in the SpeedTouchTM121g to prevent unauthorized access. Authentication Mode This drop-down list box allows you to choose between following modes: Open: All wireless clients using a correct SSID and WEP key are able to authenticate. The WEP key is only used to authenticate. Shared: Only wireless clients using a correct SSID and WEP key are able to authenticate. The WEP key is used to authenticate and to encrypt/decrypt data. Please consult the user documentation of your Access Point to find out which authentication type to use. In most cases, the Open System type will be used. Key Length Set the Key Length to 128-bit or 64-bit. 14 E-DOC-CTC-20051018-0002 v1. 0 Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager Use Passphrase Select the Use Passphrase option to automatically generate key strings for encryption. Both SpeedTouchTM121g and the access point must use Passphrase. [. . . ] If you cannot connect to a particular server, be sure that you have access rights and a valid ID and password. If you cannot access the Internet, be sure you have configured your system for TCP/IP. If your SpeedTouchTM121g cannot communicate with a device in the Ethernet LAN when configured for Infrastructure mode, check the following: Make sure the access point that the SpeedTouchTM121g is associated with is powered on. Check the SSID of the access point that you are connecting to, and make sure you set the SpeedTouchTM121g to the same SSID. [. . . ]