Thecus Technology Thecus N199 Leaflet

When a compatible wireless USB 
dongle is installed on the N199, the 

N199 will become an access point, 
and the Network dropdown menu 

will contain a WLAN AP menu item. 
From the Network menu, choose 

WLAN AP, and the WLAN 
Configuration screen appears. This 

screen displays the wireless network 
parameters of the system. You can to 
change any of these items and pre

Apply to confirm your settings.  

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•  Currently supported USB wireless dongles are: 3Com 3CRUSB10075, Zyxel 

G220USB, PCI GW-US54mini.  

•  USB dongles have to be connected before N199 is powered up. 

Item Description 
MAC Address 

Displays the MAC Address of the USB wireless dongle. 

IP 

Specifies the IP address of the network connection. 
Specifies the network mask, which is generally: 255.255.255.0 

Netmask 
SSID 

The SSID (Service Set Identification) is the identifying name of 

a wireless network. 

Channel 

The channel that the N199 uses to communicate with client 

devices. 

Mode 

Select which wireless mode the N199 should use. 

ESSID Broadcast 

Specifies whether the ESSID will be broadcasted by the N199. 

This will prevent the Access Point from broadcasting the ESSID. 

The N199 will still respond to a wireless device that LAN1ts to 

communicate if it sends a matching ESSID. 

Safe Stat 

Specifies whether to use encryption for transmission or not. 

Safe Type 

Type of authentication to be used.   

Safe Choice 

Authentication mode used by the N199. 
Shared: Shared key authentication 

Open: Open key authentication 

Key Form 

The type of key used can be either HEX or ACSII. 

WEP KEY 1 
WEP KEY 2 
WEP KEY 3 

Input up to 4 WEP keys, and select the one you wish to use. 
When connecting, be sure to enter the same key and select the 

same index number on each client machine. 

WEP KEY 4 

 
A DHCP server can be configured to assign IP addresses to wirelessly connected 

devices. 
 

Item Description 
DHCP Server 

Select to enable or disable DHCP server. 

Start IP 

Specifies the starting IP address of the DHCP range. 

End IP 

Specifies the ending IP address of the DHCP range. 

DNS Server 

Specifies the DNS server IP address. 

 
 

 

The IP Segment of WLAN, WAN and LAN should not overlap.