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AT-WA7400 Management Software User’s Guide
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The Wireless Network Connection Properties dialog box (Figure 2)
opens with the Association and Authentication tabs for the selected
network.
Figure 2. Wireless Network Properties Dialog Box
Use this dialog box to configure the types of client security described in
the following sections. Make sure that the Wireless Network Properties
dialog box you are working in pertains to the Network Name (SSID) for
the network you want to reach on the wireless client you are
configuring.
Configuring a
Client to Access
an Unsecure
Network (Plain
Text mode)
If the access point or wireless network to which you want to connect is
configured as plain text security mode (no security), you need to configure
the client accordingly. A client using no security to connect is configured
with Network Authentication Open to that network and Data Encryption
Disabled as described below.
If you do have security configured on a client for properties of an unsecure
network, the security settings actually can prevent successful access to
the network because of the mismatch between client and access point
security configurations.
To configure the client to not use any security, perform the following
procedure:
1. Open the client’s Network Properties dialog box.
2. Configure the following settings as shown in Figure 5: