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Configuring Access Point
From the Windows desktop, select Start ⇒ Program ⇒ NETGEAR ME102 AP ⇒ Access Point SNMP
Manager
. All accessible access points from this system are shown in a table. Select the access point,
and click on “Configure”. The configurable parameters are categorized into folders and are accessible
by clicking on the folder tabs. The definitions of the parameters are explained in the following table.
General MODEL ME102 WIRELESS ACCESS POINT
ESS ID Enter a 32-character (maximum) extended service set ID in this
field. The characters are case sensitive. With an access point, the
wireless network always functions in infrastructure mode. The ESS
ID assigned to the wireless nodes in the same network is required to
match the access point ESS ID. The default ESS ID is “Wireless”.
Channel Only valid in ad-hoc mode, this field defines the wireless channel to
use. In infrastructure mode, the wireless node automatically
searches through all available wireless channels for an access point
to be associated with. It is not necessary to select the wireless
channel when operating in infrastructure mode. The default wireless
channel to use is 6.
Rate The Rate field allows you to define the data transfer rate. The
default value is Auto. In this case, the best transfer rate is
negotiated between the wireless node and the device it is
communicating with. The highest possible wireless data transfer rate
is 11Mbps. The other possible value for this entry field is 1-2Mbps,
which means that the access point will only negotiate up to the
wireless data transfer rate of 2Mbps.
IP Address
IP Address Assign Internet Protocol (IP) address to the access point.
Netmask Assign IP Subnet Mask to the access point.
MAC Address Displays the six-byte MAC address of the access point. This
parameter is not changeable by the user.