Hawking Technologies Inc. HSB1 User Manual

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MAC Cloning Mode 
Disabled: It will use it’s own MAC address to access the wireless LAN. 
Enabled: It will use PC’s MAC address to access the wireless LAN. 
SSID 
The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name 
identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two 
co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the SSID of all stations in the 
same WLAN network are the same. The default SSID is “default”. 
Site Survey 
Click “Site Survey” button, then a “Wireless Site Survey Table” will pop 
up. It will list all available access points near by. You can select one 
access point in the table and it will join wireless LAN through this access 
point. 
Operation Mode 
AD-Hoc:  It can let your network device join a wireless LAN with 
peer-to-peer communication. 
Infrastructure:  It can let your network device join a wireless LAN 
through an access point. 
Channel 
Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with 
your network settings. Channels differ from country to country. 
Channel 1-11 (North America) 
Channel 1-14 (Japan) 
Channel 1-13 (Europe) 
There are 14 channels available.   
Security   
Disable: Disable the security function. 
WEP: WEP is an authentication algorithm, which protects authorized             
Wireless LAN users against eavesdropping. The Authentication type and 
WEP key of wireless stations must be the same with the Access Point. 
This Access Point supports 64/128-bit WEP Encryption function. With this 
function, your data will be transmitted over the wireless network securely. 
# You can refer to the detail setting from chapter 3.2.6. 
WPA: You can use a pre-shared key to authenticate wireless stations 
and encrypt data during communication. When you enabled WPA mode, 
you can not use WEP encryption.   
# You can refer to the detail setting from chapter 3.2.7. 
Preamble Type 
Preamble type defines the length of preamble block in the frames during 
the wireless communication. 
Auto select: It will auto switch to the more suitable method.