Hawking Technologies Inc. HSB1 User Manual
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.