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Edimax Technology PT-31W User Manual

PT-31E/PT-31W
User Manual
11-2012 / v1.1
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION ............................................................................................................... 4
1-1 Package Contents ................................................................................................................................ 4
1-2 Getting Familiar with Your New Network Camera .............................................................................. 4
1-3 Camera Installation .............................................................................................................................. 7
Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface ........................................................................... 11
2.1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera .................................................................................... 11
2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install ActiveX Plugin ............................................ 13
2.3 Viewing Live Video ............................................................................................................................. 15
2.4 Client Settings .................................................................................................................................... 18
Chapter III Advanced Configuration................................................................................................................. 20
3-1 System ................................................................................................................................................ 20
3-2 Security .............................................................................................................................................. 22
3-3 Network ............................................................................................................................................. 24
3-3-1 “General” Setup Page ............................................................................................................. 24
3-3-2 “Advanced” Setup Page .......................................................................................................... 26
3-3-3 Wireless .................................................................................................................................. 28
3-5 Video .................................................................................................................................................. 35
3-5-1 Image Setting .......................................................................................................................... 35
3-5-2 Video Setting .......................................................................................................................... 36
3-5-3 Overlay Setting ....................................................................................................................... 38
3-6 Audio .................................................................................................................................................. 39
3-7 Motion ............................................................................................................................................... 40
3-8 PTZ Control (RS-485) .......................................................................................................................... 41
3-9 Event .................................................................................................................................................. 43
3-9-1 Settings ................................................................................................................................... 44
3-9-2 Media ...................................................................................................................................... 46
3-9-3 Event Server ............................................................................................................................ 47
3-10 Recording to SD Card ....................................................................................................................... 50
3-11 SDHC ................................................................................................................................................ 51
3-12 Log .................................................................................................................................................... 53
3-13 Device Info ....................................................................................................................................... 54
3-14 Maintenance .................................................................................................................................... 55
3-15 Language .......................................................................................................................................... 56
CHAPTER IV: EDIVIEW 64-CHANNEL VIEWER .................................................................................................. 57
4-1 EdiView Installation ........................................................................................................................... 57
4-2 EdiView Interface ............................................................................................................................... 64
4-3 Configuration ..................................................................................................................................... 72
4-3-1 Device ..................................................................................................................................... 73
4-3-2 Recording ................................................................................................................................ 77
4-3-3 System .................................................................................................................................... 80
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4-3-4 Schedule ................................................................................................................................. 84
4-3-5 Event ....................................................................................................................................... 86
4-3-6 Security ................................................................................................................................... 88
4-4 Video Playback ................................................................................................................................... 91
4-4-1 Advanced Search .................................................................................................................... 93
4-4-2 Event Search ........................................................................................................................... 96
4-4-3 Video Playback ...................................................................................................................... 100
Chapter V Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................... 103
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement ..................................................................... 104
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CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION
Item
Description
1 - Light sensor
Detects light level of the place where this IP camera install.
2 - IR LEDs
Emits infrared light to provide light source in dark places
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1-1 Package Contents
Before you start using this product, please check if there is anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer to claim the missing item(s):
1 x Network camera
1 x Power adapter
1 x Ethernet cable
1 x Mounting kit
1 x CD with utility software and user manual
1 x Quick installation guide
1 x Detachable antenna (PT-31W only)
1-2 Getting Familiar with Your New Network Camera
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3 - Focus ring
If the image looks fuzzy, try to turn this focus ring clockwise or counter-clockwise to adjust focus until the image looks clear
4 - Microphone
Receives voice
5 - LED indicators
There are 2 LED lights inside to indicate the operation of this IP camera:
Left: Network activity LED
On: Ethernet cable connected Off: Ethernet cable disconnected Flash: Transferring data
Right: Power LED
On: IP camera is switched on Off: IP camera is switched off
Please note: These LEDs can be switched off regardless the
operation status of IP camera in IP camera’s configuration
menu. This will be helpful if you don’t want other people to know the operation status of this IP camera.
Item
Description
1 - Audio out
Connects to external audio amplifier to output voice. Use
3.5mm audio cable.
2 - DC12V
Connect to DC power adapter output
1 2 3 4 5
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3 - RESET
When the IP camera is not functioning properly, you can use a pen or similar object to press this reset button to reset the IP camera. You can also press and hold this button for more than 5 seconds to clear all settings of IP camera, include administrator password.
4 - DI/DO connectors
For external sensor and alarm.
WARNING: DO NOT CONNECT POWERED CABLE!
5 - ETHERNET
Connect to your local area network by Ethernet cable.
6 – SD card slot
Inserts SD card for video recording. Maximum 32GB of SD-HD card supported.
Item
Description
1 - Audio out
Connects to external audio amplifier to output voice. Use
3.5mm audio cable.
2 - DC12V
Connect to DC power adapter output
3 - WPS/ RESET
RESET: When the IP camera is not functioning properly, you can use a pen or similar object to press this reset button to reset the IP camera. You can also press and hold this button for more than 5 seconds to clear all settings of IP camera, include administrator password. WPS: When you want to connect Wi-Fi AP easy. Please both press and hold this button and AP’s WPS button more than 1
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second. IP camera will connect AP and set value during 5 ~10 seconds.
4 - DI/DO connectors
Digital input / output dry contacts. Connects to external peripherals by wire. See next page for pin definitions. WARNING: DO NOT CONNECT POWERED CABLE!
5 – ETHERNET
Connect to your local area network by Ethernet cable.
6 - SD card slot
Inserts SD card for video recording. Maximum 32GB** of SDHD card supported.
7 – Connector for detachable antenna
Connect the detachable antenna when wireless connection is required. Item
Description
GND
Signal ground
DO
Digital Output #1
DI1
Digital Input #1
DI2
Digital Input #2
Step 1: Screw mounting plate A on the wall via the 4 holes indicated by the arrows.
DI/DO PIN ASSIGNMENT
To insert or release a wire, press the button of the PIN you wish to insert or release.
1-3 Camera Installation
Please follow the proceeding instructions to set up your new network camera. If you wish to place this network camera on a table, please skip step 1 to 6.
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Step 2: Insert mounting plate B into the slot at the bottom of the network camera.
Step 3: Screw mounting plate B to the network camera via the 2 holes indicated by the arrows.
Step 4: Mount the network camera on to the wall.
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Step 5: Screw mounting plate A and B together via the hole indicated by the arrow.
Step 6: When mounted on the wall, the cables can pass through mounting plate A as in the picture.
Step 7: Connect an Ethernet cable to the network camera via the Ethernet port.
Note: PT-31E (PoE model) supports the IEEE 802.3af PoE standard. It can be powered via the Ethernet cable when connected to a PoE switch.
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Step 8: Insert the DI/DO signal cable(s) into the DI/DO port. If you do not have DI/DO accessories, you can skip this step.
Step 9: Connect the power adapter to the network camera, then plug the power adapter into
a wall socket. The camera’s LED lights
should light up after a few seconds, and the camera will test its pan and tilt motor within 1 minute. Please do not obstruct the network camera while it is testing its pan and tilt motor.
Step 10: If it needs to set up wireless connection, please attach the wireless antenna to the IP camera and configure through wired connection. (PT-31W only)
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Chapter II Using Network IP Camera by Web Interface
Note: For best viewing experience we recommend that you use Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9 .
2.1 Locate the IP address of Network IP Camera
You can use your new Network IP Camera by its web user interface via web browser. Currently the viewing system requirement for Network IP camera is:
■ OS: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7
■ Browser: IE7, 8, 9
■ Cell phone: 3GPP player
By default, the network camera automatically obtains an IP address from the DHCP server
on your local network. Check your DHCP server’s IP address lease table to find the network camera’s IP address, or use the EdiView Finder utility included in the CD.
1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. When the wizard appears, click “Setup Utility” to
install the “EdiView Finder” software.
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Please note:
If you have several network connections, such as “Wireless Function”, please
disable the “Wireless Functions” or/and other network connections that is
not connected to IP camera, or IPFinder may fail to search IP camera!
Note: The contents of the CD-ROM can also be downloaded from the Edimax website: http://www.edimax.com/en/index.php
2. After the installation is complete, double-click the “EdiView_Finder” icon to execute the
application.
3. Press ‘Discover’ button to search for all IP Cameras on your local network (make sure all
IP Cameras are powered on and connect to local network first). When you find any IP Camera, you can double click on it or click ‘Link’ button to connect to it by your web browser.
If you need to change a certain IP Camera’s IP address, you can also click on the IP Camera
you wish to change IP address, then click ‘Change IP’ button to change select IP Camera’s IP address setting.
If you no longer need to use this utility, click ‘Exit’ button to close it.
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2.2 Connect to IP Camera’s Web User Interface and Install ActiveX Plugin
When you know the IP address of IP Camera, you can connect to it by Internet Explorer web browser by entering its IP address in address bar. The use login screen will appear when you get connected:
IP Camera’s administrator username is ‘admin’ (lower case) and password is ‘1234’ by default. Click ‘OK’ button or press ‘ENTER’ key on your keyboard when you finish entering
username and password.
When you connect to IP Camera for the first time, you’ll see the following message. This message prompts you that you need to install ActiveX plugin before you can see the video from IP Camera.
For IE 8 and earlier version:
Right click the indication bar and click: ‘‘Install This Add-on for All Users on This Computer…’ to install ActiveX plugin.
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For IE 9:
Click ‘Install’ button located at the bottom of IE to install ActiveX plugin.
If you’re prompted that: ‘Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program’
Click ‘Allow access’, or IP Camera will not be able to function properly. When you’re installing Internet Explorer plugin, you may also be prompted that if you want
to allow changes to be made to your computer:
Click ‘Yes’ to allow changes.
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After ActiveX plugin is installed, you should be able to see the video stream from camera.
NOTE:
If this is the first time you use this IP Camera, you can refer to
chapter 2.4 for instructions on Setup Wizard, which will guide
you to complete the software setup of your new IP Camera.
2.3 Viewing Live Video
After ActiveX control is installed, you can view IP camera’s video by web browser. Just
connect to IP camera by web browser and login, then you can see live video from IP camera:
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Item
Description
‘Home’ button
This button is visible in all setup pages of IP camera, and you can go
back to live video view by clicking this button when you’re in other
page.
Stream
Select video stream type: H.264 or MJPEG. H.264 required less network bandwidth and this will help when network connection is slow.
Digital Output (ON / OFF)
Switch digital output interface on or off. Client Settings
Open ‘Client Setting’ menu.
Configuration
Open ‘Configuration’ menu.
Language
Open language menu, you can switch web interface to other language. Available languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Original size / Fit screen
/
Switches live image view between original size (full size: 3M pixels) and fit screen (smaller size). If you want to see video in detail, switch to original size. If your computer monitor’s resolution is not enough and you want to see full image view, switch to fit screen and image size will adjust automatically.
‘Connect’ button
Start live video view.
‘Disconnect’ button
Stop live video view.
‘Snapshot’ button
Take a snapshot or camera video and save image file on your computer. When you click this button, a new window will appear:
There are various controls on web page, here are descriptions of every control item:
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Click ‘Save’ button when you see the image you wish to save, and you’ll be prompted to indicate the folder on your computer to save image file. If you changed your mind and don’t want to save image file, click ‘Cancel’.
‘Start Video Record’
button
Click this button to record video and save video file on your
computer. You’ll be prompted to indicate the folder on your
computer to save video file.
‘Enable Digital Zoom’ button
This function will enlarge video view digitally from 1X to 10X, so you can see objects in video in detail.
Please note: that digital zoom uses computer algorithm to enlarge the video and some details may lost. If you need to focus on detail of specific objects in video view, please use optical zoom ring on lens set of IP camera.
Enable / Disable mute button
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When mute is enabled ( ), you will not hear the voice from IP camera; If you want to hear voice from IP camera, click this button to disable mute ( ).
You can drag the slide bar ( ) beside enable/disable mute button to adjust audio playback volume.
Start / Stop talk Button
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Start or stop playing your voice through IP camera’s audio output. When talk is stopped, people at IP camera will not hear you.
Please note: you need a microphone connected to your computer,
and computer’s mixer setting must enable microphone recording,
or nothing will be outputted by IP camera.
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2.4 Client Settings
In ‘Client Settings’ menu, you configure basic IP camera settings like data transfer protocol
and data storage folder.
To access ‘Client Settings’ menu, click ‘Client Settings’ button on the left.
The following screen will appear:
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Here are the descriptions of every setup item:
Item
Description
RTSP
Select this option to use RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) to transfer video data.
HTTP
Select this option to use HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) to transfer video data. If you don’t know which one you should use, select ‘RTSP’.
Folder
Select a folder on your computer to save recorded video. Click ‘Browse’ button and you’ll be prompted to select a folder.
Prefix
When saving video files, the characters you typed in ‘Prefix’ field will be used as leading characters of video file’s name. For example, the default setting of ‘Prefix’ is ‘CLIP’, and video file’s named will be ‘CLIPxxxx’, where xxxx is a 4-digit serial number.
Add date and time suffix to file name
Check this box to add data and time to the ending part of video
file’s filename, so you can see the date and time the video file is
created directly from its filename.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
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Chapter III Advanced Configuration
If you wish to configure IP camera’s settings, you can access IP camera’s ‘Configuration’
menu, which provides various kinds of system setting.
To access configuration menu, click ‘Configuration’ button on the left.
The ‘Configuration’ submenu will appear, please pick a setup item you wish to configure.
3-1 System
In this menu, you can configure basic IP camera settings like hostname and time.
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Item
Description
Host Name
Input the IP camera’s hostname here, it can be any meaningful
words or characters that will help you to identify this IP camera. You
can use IP camera’s installation location as host name, and this will
help you to identify IP camera when you have many IP cameras installed.
Indicator LED
The LED lights located at the back of IP camera is switched on by
default. But, if you don’t want other people to know the status of
this IP camera (so they will know this IP camera is operating etc.), you can select ‘Off’ and LED lights will be switched off.
Timezone
Select the time zone of residence from dropdown menu to keep correct date and time.
Daylight Saving
If the area you live uses daylight saving, check this box; otherwise do not check this box to keep time correct.
Keep the current date and time
Select this option and date / time setting will not be changed when
you click ‘Apply’ in the page. You can check ‘Camera Date and Time’ item in this page to know IP camera’s current date and time setting.
Synchronize with computer time
Select this item and IP camera will use your computer’s time as its
time.
Synchronize with NTP Server
Select this item and IP camera will keep its date and time setting synchronized with specified time server (NTP server). Please input
NTP server’s IP address or host name in ‘NTP Server Address’ field, and select time update interval from ‘Update Interval’ dropdown
menu.
Here are the descriptions of every setup item:
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Please note that if this IP camera can’t access Internet, you must
have a time server on local area network, or set the time manually.
Set Manually
Set IP camera’s date and time manually. Please set current date and time by ‘Date’ and ‘Time’ dropdown menu.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
3-2 Security
In this menu, you can configure IP camera’s login account. There are three kinds of account:
- Administrator (Can view IP camera’s video and make changes of camera setting)
- User (Can view IP camera’s video and see settings, but can’t make any change)
- Guest (Can view IP camera’s video only)
There can be multiple users, but only one administrator is allowed, and you can’t change administrator’s user name (it will always be ‘administrator’).
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Item
Description
Password / Retype Password
(Administrator)
Input administrator’s new password in both ‘Password’ and ‘Retype Password’ field, and click ‘Modify’ button to change administrator’s
password.
Please note: Don’t forget administrator’s password! Or you’ll need
to reset IP camera’s all settings to get administrator’s password recovered.
Account List
Here lists all users existed in IP camera. If you want to remove one user, click it in the list, and then click ‘Remove’ button.
If no user is existed, ‘New Account’ message will be shown here.
User Name
Input new user’s username here. User name must be greater than 1
character and less than 32 characters.
Password / Retype Password
Input this user’s password in both ‘Password’ and ‘Retype Password’ field.
Authority
To define this user’s access privilege, select ‘User’ or ‘Guest’ in
dropdown menu.
When you finish inputting new user’s information, click ‘New’
button to create a new user.
Here are the descriptions of every setup item:
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3-3 Network
Item
Description
LAN
Select this option to assign an IP address to LAN port (or obtain an address from DHCP server automatically).
You can configure the network camera’s general and advanced network settings here.
3-3-1 “General” Setup Page
Set up IP address for this IP camera. This IP camera supports both IPv4 and IPv6 IP address.
Here are the descriptions of every setup item:
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Available options are:
DHCP IPv4: Obtain an IPv4 IP address from DHCP server on LAN automatically.
DHCP IPv4 / IPv6: Obtain both IPv4 and IPv6 address from DHCP server on LAN automatically.
Static IPv4 / IPv6: Assign an IPv4 / IPv6 address to IP camera
manually. If you don’t have a DHCP server on your local area
network, you must use this option to specify an IP address.
IP Address(IPv4): Input IPv4 IP address* IP Address(IPv6): Input IPv6 IP address*
Prefix Length: Input IPv6 IP address’ prefix length (0-128) Subnet Mask: Input subnet mask
Gateway: Input gateway address Primary DNS: Input DNS server’s IP address Secondary DNS: Input backup DNS server’s IP address, you
can leave this field blank.
* You can leave this field blank, if you only wish to use IPv4 or IPv6 IP address.
Enable UPnP Discovery: Check this b ox to enable other devices on network to discover the presence of this IP camera by UPnP. It’s recommended to enable this function.
Enable UPnP Port Mapping: When UPnP is enabled, check this box to enable UPnP’s port mapping.
PPPoE
Select this option to use PPPoE to connect to network. You have to input PPPoE username and password assigned by network operator to get connected.
HTTP Port
Input IP camera’s web connection port number here. When this port number is changed, you need to change web browser’s port
number you used to connect to IP camera.
For example, IP camera’s IP address is 192.168.2.3, and if you changed HTTP port number to 82, please input ‘http://192.168.2.3:82’ in web browser’s address bar to access IP
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camera’s web configuration interface.
RTSP Port
Input RTSP port number. When this port number changes, you must change corresponding settings in external network devices (NVR or CMS software) so they can receive this IP camera’s video.
RTP Data Port
Input RTP data port number here.
When you finish with above settings, click ‘Apply’ button to save changes.
3-3-2 “Advanced” Setup Page
You can setup advanced network settings in this page. This page is intended for advanced
settings only, and this IP camera will work fine even you don’t make any changes to this
page.
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Item
Description
Multicast
Enable video multicast:
Multicast Group Address: Input multicast group address here, must be an address between 232.0.0.0 to
232.255.255.255.
Multicast video port: Input port number for video multicast here.
Multicast RCTP video port: Input port number for RCTP video here.
Multicast audio port: Input port number for audio here.
Multicast RCTP audio port: Input port number for RCTP audio here.
Multicast TTL: Input TTL value for multicast here.
Bonjour
If you’re using MacOS and you have Bonjour installed, you can use
it to discover this IP camera.
QoS
Enable QoS to improve the data transfer priority of this IP camera (Your local area network must support QoS).
You can select Video / Audio’s QoS DSCP value (0 to 63), or both video and audio.
DDNS
Enable DDNS support if your ISP assigns dynamic IP address to
Here are the descriptions of every setup item:
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you. You must register a dynamic IP service first. Currently this IP camera supports Dyndns, TZO and No-ip dynamic IP service..
Provider: Select dynamic IP service provider.
Host Name: Input the host name you obtained from dynamic IP service provider.
User name: Input user name used to login dynamic IP service provider.
Password: Input the password used to login dynamic IP service provider. *The user name and password should be under 16 characters.
HTTPS
Check ‘Enable HTTPS’ box to enable HTTPS channel to encrypt
transferred data. You can also define HTTPS port number in
‘HTTPS Port’ field if you don’t want to use default value ‘443’.
When you finish, click ‘Apply’ to save changes.
3-3-3 Wireless
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The descriptions of every setting in this menu will be given below:
Item
Description
Wireless Connection
Select „Enable‟ to activate wireless network function of this IP camera, select „Disable‟ to disable it.
Network Type
Select the network type of wireless connection.
Available options are „Infrastructure‟ (Connect the IP camera to a wireless access point), and „Adhoc‟ (This IP camera will become a
stand-alone wireless network point, other wireless computers / devices can discover this IP camera and connect to it without wireless access point). You can set to „Adhoc‟ when you don‟t have any wireless access point, but your computer has wireless network card.
Set to „Infrastructure‟ when you have wireless access point, and you
have computers with wired network connection.
Available Networks
Here shows all wireless access points found by this IP camera. Please note not all access points will be displayed at the same time, if the access point you expected to connect does not appear, you may have
to click „Refresh‟ button for several times until it appears. The
descriptions of all fields is listed below: Connect: You can select the wireless access point you wish to connect here. SSID: the SSID of all found wireless access points will be shown here. Some wireless access point may hide their SSID; in this case, you have to identify them by their MAC address. MAC Address: If you there are many wireless
access points in proximity or some wireless access point hides it‟s SSID,
you can use MAC address to distinguish them. Signal: Shows the radio signal strength in percent. Channel: Shows the radio channel of this wireless access point. Encryption: Shows the encryption type used by this wireless access point. You must use the same encryption type if you wish to connect to a certain wireless access point. If the wireless
access point does not use encryption, „Disabled‟ will be displayed
here. Network Type: Shows the network type of a certain wireless access point (Infrastructure or Adhoc).
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