Klark Teknik DN9344E - Manual (Page 32)

HELIX DN9340E/DN9344E Remote Control Software
User Guide
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To configure an Access Point and wireless card (wireless set up only)
As set up procedures vary between the commercially available Access Points - and your Access Point
may have a Set Up Wizard - only essential guidelines can be given here. (Some Access Points store
their configuration details on a web page of the same IP address.) Please refer to your product User
Guides to ensure correct wireless operation. Also, operating systems vary amongst users only;
therefore only standard Windows XP wireless configuration screens are covered here. These can
generally be related to screens on other operating systems.
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Access Point
1 Referring to the product’s manual, set up the Access Point to communicate with your
laptop/PC, ensuring you use the following:
IP settings:
Set the Access Point IP address to the same IP network segment as your laptop/PC LAN and
wireless card. The network segment comprises the first three fields of the IP address.
Typically, on a HELIX DN9340E/DN9344E RCS system, the network segment is set to
192.168.1.
Note Your Access Point will have a factory preset IP subnet address, so to locate it
initially you may be asked to temporarily reconfigure your laptop/PC to use
the same IP network address sequence. After you have located and
reconfigured the Access Point to work on your normal laptop/PC IP subnet,
remember to reset your laptop/PC to its normal IP address.
Wireless Network Settings:
Set an SSID (Service Set Identifier) and disable SSID Broadcast. (If you are given the
option to ‘name’ the Access Point in the configuration details, it can be helpful to also use
the SSID as the name.)
Choose a broadcast channel to minimise interference with other nearby Access Points. To
avoid interference, channel numbers should differ by at least 5. Therefore, as most Access
Points default to Channel 11, Channels 1 – 6 are likely to offer the least interference from
other devices in the area.
Security Settings:
For choosing the Network Authentication type, refer to the product manual or use ‘Open
System’.
Set the data encryption to WEP (Wireless Equivalent Privacy) using, for example, 128 bits,
and generate a key. Usually you are asked to enter a phrase from which the key will be
generated. Make a note of the WEP key and keep it in a secure place (remember, the WEP
key is the security code for your wireless system).
If your laptop appears to have problems talking to the system equipment, try
‘pinging’ it using the DOS Command Prompt ‘PING’ followed by the IP
address, for example, PING 192 168.1.10. If it says it cannot reach it, rather
than having timed out, then they are not using the same IP subnet address –
check that you have changed your laptop IP address back to its original
setting. If that’s not the problem, check that the Access Point was configured
correctly.
If using WPA-PSK, configure the Access Point to use WPA-PSK and enter the exact
passphrase (also known as Shared Secret) as used on the client station.
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