AXIS 207/207W/207MW Installation Guide Page 11ENGLISHAXIS 207W/AXIS 207MW wireless connectionOnce the camera has been installed on your network, the wireless settings can be configured.These settings should always (i.e. both during installation and at all other times) be configuredor changed in the camera first and in the wireless access point secondly. This ensures that thecamera is always accessible when making changes.The AXIS 207W/AXIS 207MW automatically senses the available network connections, andallows only one of these to be active at a time. Connecting a network cable disables thewireless connection.Using a wired connection ensures greater secrecy while making these settings.Open the wireless settings from Setup > System Options > Network > Wireless. These settingscan also be reached from the Basic Configuration menu.Status of Wireless NetworksThis list is the result of a network scan. Access points with a disabled SSID Broadcast will notappear unless the camera is associated with it. The network currently associated to is shown inblue. A network using unsupported security is shown in grey. The following information isprovided:• SSID - The name of a wireless network (or ad-hoc device). If the same name occurs severaltimes this means that several access points for that network were found. The AXIS 207W/AXIS207MW cannot be configured to only associate with one particular access point.• Mode - An Access Point (Master) or Ad-Hoc device.• Security - Shows which type of security the network uses. See below for the supportedsecurity types.• Channel - Shows the wireless channel currently in use.• Signal strength - Shows the signal strength.• Bit rate - Shows the bit rate in Mbit/s. This can only be shown for the access point currently inuse. Note that the bit rate shown is the current rate, and that this value may vary over time.Wireless SettingsThese settings control how the AXIS 207W/AXIS 207MW interacts with the wireless network.Apart from identifying the wireless network, it is also possible to enable wireless encryption.SSID - This is the name of the wireless network the camera is configured for. The field acceptsup to 32 alphanumeric characters. The name must be exactly the same as that used in thewireless access point, or the connection will not be established.Leaving this field blank means the camera will attempt to access the nearest unsecurednetwork.Note: SSID is sometimes written as ESSID.