HP Deskjet 6980 User Guide - Macintosh - Page 27

Wireless network location Office Profile at_work ● Network name: office ● Communication mode: infrastructure ● Security: WPA ● Authentication: WPA/PSK Home at_home ● Network name: home ● Communication mode: ad hoc ● Security: WEP ● Authentication: Open System When the laptop is being used at work, the person must set the wireless profile to at_work in order to connect to the office network. Conversely, the laptop must be set to the at_home wireless profile when the person is at home and wants to connect the laptop to the home network. Network name (SSID) A network name, or "Service Set Identifier (SSID)," identifies a particular wireless network. In order to operate on a network, a device must know the network's name. A wireless network only has one network name. A given location, such as an office, might have several wireless networks, each with a different network name. Wireless devices use network names to identify overlapping wireless networks. Caution To prevent other users from accessing the wireless network, HP strongly recommends setting a password or passphrase and a unique SSID in your access point. The access point might have been shipped with a default SSID which can be accessed by others using the same default SSID. For more information on how to change the SSID, see the documentation that came with your access point. Example The printer is in an office with two wireless infrastructure networks. Each network has a Wireless Access Point (WAP). Note In this example, both wireless networks have the same security settings. User's guide 25