LINKSYS WPCI54G Users Manual

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The Profiles screen (Figure 7-6) lets you save different configuration profiles
for different network setups. You can also import or export profiles. The default
profile holds the initial conf iguration saved when you ran the Setup Wizard.

Profile - Name of the connection profile.
SSID - The wireless network’s unique name, as set in the connection profile.

Profile Information
Network Type - The mode of the wireless network currently in use.
Transfer Rate - The data transfer rate of the current connection. (In Auto

mode, the Adapter dynamically shifts to the fastest data transfer rate possible
at any given time.)

Channel - The channel to which the wireless network devices are set.
WEP - The status of the WEP encryption security feature.

Connect - To connect to a wireless network using a specific prof ile, select the
profile, and click the Connect button.

Edit - Select a profile, and click the Edit button to change an existing prof ile.

New - Click the New button to create a new profile. See the next section,

“Creating a New Profile,” for detailed instructions.

Figure 7-6

Profiles

Site Information
Wireless Mode - The mode of the wireless network currently in use.
Channel - The channel to which the wireless network devices are set.
WEP - The status of the WEP encryption security feature.
MAC - The MAC address of the wireless network’s access point.
Surveyed at - The time at which the wireless network was scanned.

Refresh - Click the Refresh button to perform a new search for wireless

devices.

Connect - To connect to one of the networks on the list, select the wireless net­work, and click the Connect button. If the wireless network has WEP encryp­tion enabled, you will see the screen shown in Figure 7-5.

In the WEP drop-down box, select the type of WEP encryption used by the
wireless network: 64-bit, or 128-bit WEP.

If the wireless network uses a passphrase, enter the passphrase in the
Passphrase f ield. If the wireless network uses a WEP key, enter the WEP key
in the Key 1 field.

Click the OK button to complete the network connection and return to the Site
Survey screen, or click the Cancel button to cancel the network connection and
return to the Site Survey screen.

On the Site Survey screen, click the X (Close) button in the upper right corner
to exit the WLAN Monitor.

Figure 7-5

Wireless-G Notebook Adapter

1. On the Profiles screen, shown in Figure 7-6, click the New button to create
a new profile.

2. When the Create connection
profile screen appears (Figure
7-9), enter a name for the new
profile. Click OK to save the
profile name or click Cancel
to return to the previous
screen.

3. The Choose a network type screen (Figure 7-10) shows a choice of two
wireless modes. Click the Infrastructure Mode radio button if you want
your wireless computers to communicate with computers on your wired
network via a wireless access point. Click the Ad-Hoc Mode radio button
if you want multiple wireless computers to communicate directly with each
other. Click the Next button to continue or the Back button to return to the
previous screen.

Infrastructure Mode - This mode allows wireless and wired networks to
communicate through an access point.

Ad-Hoc Mode - This mode allows wireless-equipped computers to com­municate directly with each other. No access point is used.

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Figure 7-10

Figure 7-9

Creating a New Profile

Import - Click
the Import but­ton to import a
profile that has
been saved in
another location.
From the screen
that appears
(shown in Figure
7-7), select the
appropriate file,
and click the

Open button.

Export - To save the profile(s) in

a different location, click the
Export button. On the screen that
appears (Figure 7-8), direct
Windows to the appropriate fold­er and click the OK button.

Delete - Click the Delete button to delete a prof ile.

Click the X (Close) button in the upper right corner to exit the WLAN Monitor.

Figure 7-7

Figure 7-8

Note: If you have more than one profile, all profiles will be auto­matically selected and exported to the same folder.

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4. The Wireless Settings screen (Figure 7-11) will appear. If you chose
Infrastructure Mode, go to Step 5 now. If you chose Ad-Hoc Mode, select
the correct operating channel for your network from the Channel drop-
down menu. Then, select the Network Mode from the drop-down menu.
Click the Next button, and go to Step 5. Click the Back button to change
any settings.

Channel - The channel you choose should match the channel set on the
other devices in your wireless network. If you are unsure about which chan­nel to use, select the default channel (Channel 6).

Network Mode - Select Mixed Mode, and both Wireless-G and Wireless-
B computers will be allowed on the network, but the speed will be reduced.
Select G-Only Mode for maximum speed, but no Wireless-B users will be
allowed on the network.

5. The Network Setting screen (Figure 7-12) will appear.

If your network has a DHCP server, click the radio button next to Obtain
an IP address automatically (DHCP). Click the Next button to continue,
or click the Back button to return to the previous screen.

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If your network does not have a DHCP server, click the radio button next to

Specify the IP address. Enter an IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default
Gateway, and DNS appropriate for your network. Enter each address in this

format: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the x’s represent the numbers that make up each
address). You must specify the IP Address and Subnet Mask on this screen.
If you are unsure about the Default Gateway and DNS addresses, then leave
these fields alone.

IP Address - This IP Address must be unique to your network.

Subnet Mask - The Adapter’s Subnet Mask must be the same as your wired

network’s Subnet Mask.

Default Gateway - Enter the IP address of your network’s Gateway here.

DNS - Enter the DNS addresses of your Ethernet (wired) network here.

Click the Next button to continue or the Back button to return to the previ­ous screen.

6. The Security Settings screen (Figure 7-13) will appear. Enable or disable
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption for your wireless network. If
you enable WEP, enter a Passphrase or WEP key. Click the Next button to
continue or the Back button to return to the previous screen.

Figure 7-12

Figure 7-11

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WEP (Disabled/64 bits WEP/128 bits WEP) - If you do not want to use
WEP encryption, choose Disabled. To use WEP encryption (recommended
to increase network security), select 64 bits or 128 bits WEP from the
drop-down menu, and enter either a Passphrase or WEP key.

Passphrase - Instead of manually entering WEP keys, you can enter a
Passphrase, so that a WEP key is automatically generated. It is case-sensi­tive and should not be longer than 16 alphanumeric characters. This
passphrase must match the passphrase of your wireless network and is com­patible with other Linksys wireless products only. (If you have any non­Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key(s) manually on those prod­ucts.)

Key 1 - This WEP key must match the WEP key of your wireless network.
If you are using 64-bit WEP encryption, then the key must consist of exact­ly 10 hexadecimal characters. If you are using 128-bit WEP encryption,
then the key must consist of exactly 26 hexadecimal characters. Valid hexa­decimal characters are “0” to “9” and “A” to “F”.

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7. The Conf irm New
Settings screen

(Figure 7-14) will
appear. To save the
new settings, click
the Ye s button. To
cancel the settings
and return to the
Profiles screen,
click the No button.
To edit the new set­tings, click the
Back button.

8. The Congratulations screen (Figure 7-15) will appear next. Click Activate
new settings now to implement the new settings immediately and return to
the Link Information screen. Click Activate new settings later to keep the
current settings active, and return to the Profiles screen so that you can edit
your profile or create another profile.

You have successfully created a connection profile. Click the X (Close) but-

ton in the upper right corner to exit the WLAN Monitor.

Figure 7-14

Figure 7-15

Figure 7-13