Lancom l-54ag User Manual

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LANCOM L- 54ag Wireless – LANCOM L- 54g Wireless – LANCOM IAP- 54 Wireless Chapter 3: Basic configuration27EN IP address and netmask for the LANCOM 54 WirelessAssign a free IP address from the address range of your LAN to theLANCOM 54 Wireless and specify the netmask. Enable DHCP server?Disable the DHCP server function in the LANCOM 54 Wireless if you wouldlike to have a different DHCP server assign the IP addresses in your LAN.3.1.2 Configuration protectionThe password for configuration access to the LANCOM 54 Wireless protectsthe configuration against unauthorized access. The configuration of the routercontains a considerable amount of sensitive information such as your Internetaccess information. We therefore strongly recommend protecting it with apassword.3.1.3 Settings for the Wireless LANThe network name (SSID)The basic configuration wizard asks for the network name of the base station(often designated as SSID – Service Set Identifier). The network name will beregistered in the base stations of the Wireless LAN. You can choose any name.Several base stations with the same network name form a common WirelessLAN.Open or closed Wireless LAN?Mobile radio stations dial-in the wanted Wireless LAN by declaration of thenetwork name. The specification of the network name is facilitated by twotechnologies: Mobile radio stations can search for Wireless LANs in the environs(„scan“) and offer for selection the found Wireless LANs in a list. By using the network name 'ANY', the mobile radio station will enrol inthe next available Wireless LAN.The Wireless LAN can be „closed“ to prevent this procedure. In this case, noenrolment with the network name 'ANY' will be accepted.For standard, LANCOM base stations are responsive under the net-work name 'LANCOM'. The wireless basic configuration of a base sta-tion takes therefore place via this network name. If another networkname is set during the basic configuration, also the Wireless LAN