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Appendix B
Configuring Security on Wireless
Clients
Users will typically configure security on their wireless clients for access to
many different networks (access points). The list of Available Networks
changes depending on the location of the client and which access points
are online and detectable in that location.
The exception to this setup is if the access point is set to prohibit the
broadcast of its network name. In this case the SSID will not show up in
the list of Available Networks on the client. Instead, the client must have
the exact network name configured in the network connection properties
before it will be able to connect.
After an access point has been detected by the client and security is
configured for it, the access point remains in the client’s list of networks but
shows as either reachable or unreachable depending on the situation. For
each network (access point) you want to connect to, configure security
settings on the client to match the security mode being used by that
network
This appendix describes the security setup on a client that uses Microsoft
Windows client software for wireless connectivity. The Windows client
software is used as the example because of its widespread availability on
Windows computers and laptops. These procedures will vary slightly if you
use different software on the client (such as Funk Odyssey), but the
configuration information you need to provide is the same.
The recommended sequence for security configuration is (1) set up
security on the access point, and (2) configure security on each of the
wireless clients.
Initially, you will connect to an access point that has no security set (plain
text mode) from an unsecure wireless client. With this initial connection,
you can go to the access point’s web pages and configure a security mode
(Advanced > Security).
When you reconfigure the access point with a security setting and click
Update, your wireless client is disassociated and you lose connectivity to
the AT-WA7400 Wireless Access Point. In some cases, you may need to
make additional changes to the access point security settings before
configuring the client. Therefore, you must have a backup Ethernet (wired)
connection.
The following sections describe how to set up each of the supported