Safe to try with MN-730?

After some initial problems getting a MN-730 to connect to an MN-700 as an
access point, I managed to get a good connection with no encryption, the
default SSID (MSHOME), and avoidance with XP of the setup wizard and the
Broadband Utility. Can I now, with a high level of confidence, change the
SSID name on the AP and the wireless card to something else without losing
solid connectivity? Similarly, can I switch to WPA encryption, or will this
cause the often-encountered connectivity issues? I'm confused about 802.1x
and whether this is supported by the MN-700 in Access Point mode, or whether
it can be turned off in the wireless card properties. It always seems greyed
out to me on the property window. I hope this makes sense. Thanks.

Yep. Change the SSID on the router first, then on the
adpater (you'll lose connection while the SSIDs are
different).

802.1x should be unchecked on the adapter (it's set if
you have a certificate server -- which home networks
typically don't).

Do you have a wired connection to the router? If that's
the case, change the WPA on the router and then the
MN730. If you find trouble revert back to no WPA using
the wired connection, and try with WEP.

>-----Original Message-----
>After some initial problems getting a MN-730 to connect
to an MN-700 as an
>access point, I managed to get a good connection with no
encryption, the
>default SSID (MSHOME), and avoidance with XP of the
setup wizard and the
>Broadband Utility. Can I now, with a high level of
confidence, change the
>SSID name on the AP and the wireless card to something
else without losing
>solid connectivity? Similarly, can I switch to WPA
encryption, or will this
>cause the often-encountered connectivity issues? I'm
confused about 802.1x
>and whether this is supported by the MN-700 in Access
Point mode, or whether
>it can be turned off in the wireless card properties. It
always seems greyed
>out to me on the property window. I hope this makes
sense. Thanks.
>
>
>.
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