{"id":763,"date":"2021-09-21T11:09:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T11:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/?page_id=763"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:59:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:59:25","slug":"wireless-lan-infrastructure-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wireless-lan-infrastructure-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Wireless LAN Card settings for Access Point communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[See\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/alternative-net-ex5\/\">this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for a diagram of a Wireless &#8220;Infrastructure&#8221; setup.]<\/p>\n<p>802.11b (WiFi) cards can communicate in two different modes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>&#8220;Ad Hoc&#8221;<\/b>&#8211; For direct card-to-card communication. [<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/adhoc_setup.htm\">see this page<\/a><\/b>]<\/li>\n<li><b>&#8220;Infrastructure&#8221;\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; For communication through an Access Point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are trying to set up a network that consists of mixed Ethernet and wireless clients, you&#8217;ll need to use an\u00a0<b>Access Point<\/b>\u00a0(which bridges the two types of networks) and set your wireless card(s)&#8217; properties to match those of the Access Point.<\/p>\n<p>Install your Access Point first and write down the values of the Properties below so that you have them when you set up your wireless clients. Then install your client card and set its wireless Properties as follows:<\/p>\n<p><b>1) Channel<\/b><br \/>\nSet your card to the\u00a0<b>same channel as the Access Point<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt='tip_hp-1616853' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tip_hp-1616853.gif' width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<b>Tip:<\/b>\u00a0You may be able to skip this step.\u00a0 When set to Infrastructure mode, many wireless client card drivers automatically scan all channels until they find an Access Point with a matching ESSID.<\/p>\n<p><b>2<\/b><b>) Mode (or Network Type)<\/b><br \/>\nSet to\u00a0<b>Infrastructure<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>3<\/b><b>) SSID (or ESSID [Extended Service Set IDentifier])<\/b><br \/>\nSet to the same as the alpha-numeric code as on the Access Point.<br \/>\n<b>NOTE:<\/b>\u00a0This is not the same as the\u00a0<b>BSSID<\/b>\u00a0(Basic Service Set IDentifier), which is usually based on the MAC address of the card.<\/p>\n<p><img alt='tip_hp-1616853' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tip_hp-1616853.gif' width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<b>Tip:<\/b>\u00a0Set the ESSID to\u00a0<b>ANY<\/b>\u00a0to connect to any in-range Access Points.<\/p>\n<p><b>4) Encryption (or WEP)<\/b><br \/>\nSet to disable.\u00a0 You can set this up after you get your connection working.\u00a0 See\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wireless_encrypt.htm\">this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for help.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve set all the above wireless Properties correctly and can&#8217;t get a connection, check your\u00a0<b>TCP\/IP properties<\/b>.\u00a0 If there is a\u00a0<b>DHCP server<\/b>\u00a0on your LAN (usually in your router), then set the wireless card&#8217;s TCP\/IP properties to obtain IP info from a DHCP server (or obtain info automatically).\u00a0 Be sure that there is no gateway info entered and that DNS is disabled.\u00a0 Sometimes doing a\u00a0<b>manual Release All \/ Renew<\/b>\u00a0using either\u00a0<b>winipcfg<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<b>ipconfig<\/b>\u00a0will get things working, even after a reboot.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re setting your IP info manually, you&#8217;ll need to make sure you have your IP address set to a unique number in the same subnet as your Access Point.<\/p>\n<p><b>Example:<\/b>\u00a0If your Access Point&#8217;s IP address is\u00a0<b>192.168.1.22<\/b>, make sure your client card is set to a different number in the\u00a0<b>192.168.1.X<\/b>\u00a0subnet.<\/p>\n<p>Use\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/testing-tcp-ip\/\">ping<\/a><\/b>\u00a0to test to see if you have a connection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 802.11b (WiFi) cards can communicate in two different modes: &#8220;Ad Hoc&#8221;&#8211; For direct card-to-card communication.  &#8220;Infrastructure&#8221;\u00a0&#8211; For communication through an Access Point. 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