Unified Access Point (AP) Administrator's Guide

D-Link Unified Access Point Administrator’s Guide
Use this dialog for configuring all the different types of client security described in the
following sections. Make sure that the wireless network properties you configure are for
the network name (SSID) for the network you want to reach on the wireless client.
Configuring a Client to Access an Unsecure Network
If the access point or wireless network to which you want to connect is configured as “None”,
that is, no security, you need to configure the client accordingly. A client using no security to
connect is configured with Network Authentication “Open” to that network and Data
Encryption “Disabled” as described below.
If you do have security configured on a client for properties of an unsecure network, the
security settings can prevent successful access to the network because of the mismatch
between client and access point security configurations.
To configure the client to not use any security, bring up the client Network Properties dialog
and configure the following settings.
Table 30. Wireless Client with No Security
Network Authentication Open
Data Encryption Disabled
Configuring Static WEP Security on a Client
Static Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encrypts data moving across a wireless network based
on a static (non-changing) key. The encryption algorithm is a “stream” cipher called RC4. The
access point uses a key to transmit data to the client stations. Each client must use that same
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Set Network Authentication to “Open”
Set Data Encryption to “Disabled”