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Wireless Station Configuration
This section applies to all Wireless stations wishing to use the Wireless ADSL2/2+
Modem Router's Access Point, regardless of the operating system which is used on
the client.
To use the Wireless Access Point in the Wireless ADSL2/2+ Modem Router, each
Wireless Station must have compatible settings, as follows:
Mode The mode must be set to Infrastructure (rather than Ad-hoc)
Access points only operate in Infrastructure mode.
SSID (ESSID)
This must match the value used on the Wireless ADSL2/2+ Mo-
dem Router. The default value is Wireless.
Note! The SSID is case sensitive.
Wireless
Security
By default, Wireless security on the Wireless ADSL2/2+ Modem
Router is disabled.
• If Wireless security remains disabled on the Wireless
ADSL2/2+ Modem Router, all stations must have wireless se-
curity disabled.
• If Wireless security is enabled on the Wireless Router (either
WEP or WPA-PSK), each station must use the same settings
as the Wireless ADLS Router.
Wireless Configuration on Windows XP
If using Windows XP to configure the Wireless interface on your PC, the configuration
procedure is as follows:
1. Open the Network Connections folder. (Start - Settings - Network Connections).
Figure 26: Network Connections (Windows XP)
2. Right-click the Wireless Network Connection, check that it is enabled (menu
option says Disable, rather than Enable) and then select View Available Wireless
Networks.
3. You will then see a list of wireless networks.