- Please refer to "How to find SSID" if you do not know SSID.
This page explains the advance preparation before configuring wiDock.
1. Prepare configuration information for a wireless LAN
To use wiDock over the wireless LAN network, you need to configure wireless LAN information as appropriate for your network. This information needs to be identical to the communication devices such as the access point. Please collect the following information before the setup.
| Wireless mode | There is Ad hoc and Infrastructure mode. Select Infrastructure mode to communicate via access point. | |
| SSID | This name is used to identify devices to be connected to a wireless LAN network. It is also known as ESSID. | |
| Encryption method | No encryption | Communication data is not encrypted. (No information needs to be confirmed when encryption is not used.) |
| WEP | Communication data is encrypted based on the encryption key (WEP key). WEP key size (64bit / 128bit), WEP key and Key index must be the same as the communication device. |
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| WPA / WPA2 | Communication data is encrypted based on the encryption key (Pre-Shared Key). Pre-Shared Key and encryption mode (TKIP / AES) must be the same as the communication device. |
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If you don't know the SSID of the wireless network you want to connect wiDock to, you can find it by looking at the settings on Windows XP or Macintosh computer. (If your are using Windows 2000, you can find the SSID in your wireless LAN card. Please refer to your wireless LAN card manual for details.)
Click Start - Connect To - Wireless Network Connection.
Click View Wireless Networks.
The name (characters) shown in the list where Connected is indicated is the SSID for the wireless LAN used in your PC.
Click AirPort icon in the menu bar on top of desk top.
The name (characters) with the check mark in the menu is the SSID for the wireless LAN used in your PC.
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