User Manual

Appendix C - Windows TCP/IP

5. Ensure your TCP/IP settings are correct.

Using DHCP

To use DHCP, select the radio button Obtain an IP Address automatically. This is the default

Windows settings.

Restart your PC to ensure it obtains an IP Address from the Wireless Access Point.

Using a fixed IP Address ("Use the following IP Address")

• If your PC is already configured, do NOT change the settings on the screen shown in

Figure 63 above, unless advised to do so by your network administrator.

• You can enter the Wireless Access Point's IP address in the Default gateway field and click

OK. Your LAN administrator can advise you of the IP Address they assigned to the Wire-

less Access Point.

• If the DNS Server fields are empty, select Use the following DNS server addresses, and

enter the DNS address or addresses provided by your ISP, then click OK.

Wireless LANs

Wireless networks have their own terms and jargon. It is necessary to understand many of these

terms in order to configure and operate a Wireless LAN.

Modes

Wireless LANs can work in either of two (2) modes:

• Ad-hoc

• Infrastructure

Ad-hoc Mode

Ad-hoc mode does not require an Access Point or a wired (Ethernet) LAN. Wireless Sta-

tions (e.g. notebook PCs with wireless cards) communicate directly with each other.

Infrastructure Mode

In Infrastructure Mode, one or more Access Points are used to connect Wireless Stations

(e.g. Notebook PCs with wireless cards) to a wired (Ethernet) LAN. The Wireless Stations

can then access all LAN resources.

Access Points can only function in "Infrastructure" mode,

and can communicate only with Wireless Stations which are

set to "Infrastructure" mode.

SSID/ESSID

BSS/SSID

A group of Wireless Stations and a single Access Point, all using the same ID (SSID), form

a Basic Service Set (BSS).