User's Manual Part 1

54 Mercury Reference Manual 05-4446A01, Rev. D
• Static IP Gateway—The IPv4 address of the network gateway
device, typically a router. This field is unnecessary if DHCP is
enabled. [
0.0.0.0]
The lower three items on the screen (Current IP Address, Net-
mask and Gateway) show the actual addressing at the trans-
ceiver whether it was obtained from static configuration or from
a DHCP server.
802.11 Configuration Submenu
Invisible place holder
Figure 3-21. 802.11 Configuration Submenu
• 802.11 Mode—Configures the WiFi radio to be an Access Point
for other WiFi devices (AP), to connect to a WiFi Access Point
at another location (Station), or to connect directly to another
WiFi device (Ad-Hoc).
•
SSID—Service Set Identifier, the name of the wireless LAN to
which to connect. This is equivalent to Network Name in GE
MDS terminology.
•
Station Channel—Sets the 802.11 channel the device will use.
This can only be set to Auto when in Station mode.
• WEP Status—The type of WEP encryption being used, if any.
• WEP Passphrase—The Passphrase used in WEP encryption.
• WEP Key—The key used in WEP encryption. This key should be
entered in hexadecimal format preceded by 0x. The key should
be 13 or 26 hexadecimal characters. For example,
0x1a2b3c4d5e6f709a8b7c6d5e4f.
• NIC in Bridge—When enabled, the WiFi interface is added to the
network bridge, allowing traffic to pass between the WiFi and
the other interfaces (LAN and wireless).