TerraTec Audio - Manual (Page 13)

Preparing to use the device with a wireless router.
Using the NOXON with a wireless router generally does not require any configu-
ration work on the router itself. This, however, depends on the extent to which
the network has been set up with an eye toward security. As the media have
frequently reported, it's not very advisable to use a router exclusively with its
default settings, as that leaves the network wide open for intrusion or misuse of the Internet
connection. The advantage of using the router with its default settings is naturally the simplic-
ity with which devices accessing the router can be configured. For this reason, we will now go
over a number of properties that may be of importance.
For this purpose, you must be sufficiently familiar with the router—or its administrator—to
change its configuration and understand its overall handling. Normally, these devices use
Web interfaces for their administration. In other words, you only need to enter a specific ad-
dress (e.g. 192.168.0.1) in your Web browser for it to display a convenient user interface giving
you access to all of the router's options.
A somewhat dated administration interface of a D-Link router.
Hello, here we are: SSID broadcast.
As explained in the technical glossary, the abbreviation SSID stands for the network name
sent out to all wireless network devices within range, informing them of the presence of a
network. Some routers, however, have an option to suppress the broadcast of the network
name. The option is a toggle that is usually called SSID Broadcast. If the broadcast is dis-
abled, you must know the name in order to enter it manually.
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