Netgear ME102 ME102 Reference Manual - Page 14

Configuring Access Point From the Windows desktop, select Start ⇒ Program ⇒ NETGEAR ME102 AP ⇒ Access Point SNMP Manager. All accessible access points from this system are shown in a table. Select the access point, and click on "Configure". The configurable parameters are categorized into folders and are accessible by clicking on the folder tabs. The definitions of the parameters are explained in the following table. General ESS ID Channel Rate MODEL ME102 WIRELESS ACCESS POINT Enter a 32-character (maximum) extended service set ID in this field. The characters are case sensitive. With an access point, the wireless network always functions in infrastructure mode. The ESS ID assigned to the wireless nodes in the same network is required to match the access point ESS ID. The default ESS ID is "Wireless". Only valid in ad-hoc mode, this field defines the wireless channel to use. In infrastructure mode, the wireless node automatically searches through all available wireless channels for an access point to be associated with. It is not necessary to select the wireless channel when operating in infrastructure mode. The default wireless channel to use is 6. The Rate field allows you to define the data transfer rate. The default value is Auto. In this case, the best transfer rate is negotiated between the wireless node and the device it is communicating with. The highest possible wireless data transfer rate is 11Mbps. The other possible value for this entry field is 1-2Mbps, which means that the access point will only negotiate up to the wireless data transfer rate of 2Mbps. IP Address IP Address Netmask MAC Address Assign Internet Protocol (IP) address to the access point. Assign IP Subnet Mask to the access point. Displays the six-byte MAC address of the access point. This parameter is not changeable by the user. 11