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Special Forums IP Networking Help setting up a wireless access point Post 302554798 by smotm on Tuesday 13th of September 2011 05:46:52 AM
Old 09-13-2011
Wireless connections are more complicated to set up than wired connections. You’re basically setting up a radio transmitter that broadcasts to little radios attached to your PCs. You need to worry about signal strength, finding the right signal, and even entering passwords to keep outsiders from listening in.

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  • Wireless transmitters, known as Wireless Access Points (WAPs), come either built into your router or plugged into one of your router’s ports. The setup software is different on every model, but it requires you to set up these three things:

    Network name (SSID): Enter a short, easy-to-remember name here to identify your particular wireless network

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Later, when connecting to the wireless network with your computer, you’ll select this same name to avoid accidentally connecting with your neighbor’s wireless network.

Infrastructure: Choose Infrastructure instead of the alternative, Ad Hoc.

Security: This option encrypts your data as it flies through the air. Turn it on using the recommended settings.
 

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IW(8)                                                                  Linux                                                                 IW(8)

NAME
iw - show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration SYNOPSIS
iw [ OPTIONS ] { help [ command ] | OBJECT COMMAND } OBJECT := { dev | phy | reg } OPTIONS := { --version | --debug } OPTIONS
--version print version information and exit. --debug enable netlink message debugging. IW - COMMAND SYNTAX OBJECT dev <interface name> - network interface. phy <phy name> - wireless hardware device (by name). phy#<phy index> - wireless hardware device (by index). reg - regulatory agent. COMMAND Specifies the action to perform on the object. The set of possible actions depends on the object type. iw help will print all supported commands, while iw help command will print the help for all matching commands. SEE ALSO
ip(8), crda(8), regdbdump(8), regulatory.bin(5) http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw iw 7 June 2012 IW(8)
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