After rebooting with the WiFi adapter card in the JACE, you may have noticed two new platform views when you opened a platform connection, shown in Figure 1.
These two platform views are:
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WiFi Certificate Manager - typically not applicable, unless authentication on the target network requires you to have a CA certificate. See the local
network administrator to request the necessary certificate file(s) to import using this view.
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WiFi Configuration - the main view used to discover and connect to a wireless network.
Unlike some other specialized platform views (Dialup Configuration, GPRS Modem Configuration), these WiFi platform views appear only if the WiFi adapter option is physically installed in the JACE.
Providing that the platWifi module is installed in the JACE, its running station should also show a new 
WiFiPlatformService too—it provides identical functions as the two WiFi platform views.
Discover and add a wireless network
Perform the following steps with the JACE installed at the job site, with an opened platform connection.
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Double-click
WiFi Configuration to open the platform WiFi Configuration view.
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Click the
button.
This launches a discovery process, with an “Discovering Wireless Networks” popup dialog. When finished, one or more 802.11 wireless networks should appear in the (top) Discovered pane.
A router/access point that does not broadcast its SSID will need to be added manually. See About a new (undiscovered) wireless network.
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Double-click the desired network (or click and select
) for the Add a Wireless Network dialog. An example dialog is shown below.
Figure 2. Example Add a Wireless Network dialog in the WiFi Configuration view, following a Discover
Discovery typically learns most required values, some of which are read-only (SSID, BSSID, Mode). Other settings are often correct as shown, such that you only need to enter the Network Key (password).
Under “Encryption Method”, note that “CCMP” is equivalent to “AES”, where the latter term may be used more frequently in router
configurations.
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Enter the network key in both fields, and if necessary, make any other adjustments. Then click .
The dialog closes and the network is added to the Database pane, with a status of either “Disconnected” or “Connecting” during handshaking between the WiFi daemon and the wireless router or access point. Upon successful connection, the network appears with a status of “Connected”.
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Click the
button to save the platform configuration.
Next, configure IP settings for the WiFi adapter. See Enable and configure TCP/IP settings for the WiFi interface.
For more details on the WiFi Configuration view and wireless network properties, see WiFi Configuration and About a discovered wireless network.