25
8.2 Wireless Settings Page
This page enables you to configure basic wireless settings to
allow your HomePod to connect to an 802.11b/g Wi-Fi wireless
network.
Network Name
(or sometimes referred to as the SSID) is the name of
the wireless network that HomePod should connect to. The network
name is defined by the access point. Any wireless computers or devices
(such as HomePod) that connect to the same network name will form
one network. You can find out what the network name is by accessing
the web config page of your access point.
Note: For Apple Base Station users and other advance access points, make
sure the SSID of your access point is not “hidden” or set to "closed
network".
By default, the Network Name field is set to “ANY” and HomePod will
automatically detect and connect to the strongest access point in the
surrounding area. For most users this is the preferred and most
convenient setting. But if you have multiple access points with different
network names around you, or if the HomePod somehow is not
connecting to the access point of your choice, then you will want to
specify a network name manually.
A
Network Mode
is the topology in which a wireless network is set up.
An Infrastructure network mode, which is the default setting, uses one
or more access points to form a wireless network. This is in contrast to
Ad-hoc (also referred to as Peer-to-Peer) network mode, in which two
wireless devices communicate with one another without the existence of
an access point. Ad-hoc is useful if you want to connect a HomePod to
your computer and listen to its shared library directly without an access
point.
