User's Manual

AXIS M1034-W Network Camera

System Options

Wireless

Wireless Network Status

To vie w a list of availa ble wireless networks, go to System Options > Network > Wireless. The status of wireless networks list is the

result of a network scan an d provides the followi n g information:

• SSID is the name of a wireless network (or ad-hoc network).

• Mode shows the type of network, which can be Master (an access point) or Ad-Hoc.

• Security shows the type of security the network uses.

• Channel shows the wireless channel currently in use.

• Signal strength shows the quality, the strength, of the signal.

• Bit rate shows the current bit rate in Mbit/s. This can only be shown for the access point currently in use.

Click Refresh to perform a new scan.

Access points with a disabled SSID Broadcast will not appear unless the Axis product is associated with it. Once the wireless

connection is established, the network the Axis product is currently linked to is shown in blue. A network using unsupported

security is shown in gre y.

Wireless Settings

Important

• To establish and mainta in communication, all wirele ss settings must be exactly the same in the Axis prod uct as in the

access po int or ad-hoc network.

•Alwaysconﬁgure or change the wireless settings in the A xis product ﬁrst, before changing the settings in the wireless

access point.

• Keys, pa ssphrases and certiﬁcates that are used for security must be entered manually. Contact your Network

Administrator for the requirements for the selected access point or ad-hoc network.

The wireless settings control how the Axis product interacts with the wireless network. Apart from identifying the wireless network, it

is also possible to enable wireless encr yption.

Select Enable congestion control to secure the wireless connection between the Axis product and access point in congested

environments, for example where there are m

any available networks and where many devices are using the same access point.

Congestion control uses a Request To S

end/Clear To Send (RTS/CTS) handshake to reserve access to the wireless m edia before

transmitting a packet. Using the handshake decreases throughput since it adds an overhead. In some situations, however, the

overhead of the RTS/CTS handshake is lower than the overhead caused by collisions on the wire les s media. Con gestion control is

disabled by default.

Select Enable WLAN p

airing button to allow the wireless Axis product to connect to an access point by pushing a button on both of

the devices within a 120 second tim e window. During this time the devices will automatically discover each other and agree on a

conﬁguration.

Make sure the access point also has push b utton conﬁguration (PBC) enabled and that the Axis p roduct is not connected to the wired

network. A

fter a successful pairing any WLAN settings set by the user in the Axis product are overwritten. The WLAN pairing button

is enabled by default; desel ect this option to prevent unauthorized WLAN p airing.

SSID is the name of the selected wireless network, which must be ex actly the same as the name in the wire les s a cces s poi nt. If the

ﬁeld is left blank the A xis product will not c onnect to any wireless network.

Note

SSID is sometimes written as E SSID.