Mobile Mark wap11 manual Wireless Tab

Instant Wireless™ Series

Figure 6-11

Next, determine if the Access Point will deny access only to the MAC addresses you will specify, OR if the Access Point will allow access only to the MAC Addresses you will specify. Click the radio button next to the option that is appropriate.

Above the MAC Address fields, there is a pull-down menu. This pull-down menu is for selecting the number of computers on your wireless network. For computers one through ten on your wireless network, 1~10 is selected by default. If you have more than ten computers on your wireless network, use this pull-down menu to select 11~20, 21~30, etc., up to a maximum of 50 MAC Addresses.

Then, type the MAC Address(es) you wish to filter in the MAC Address fields.

When you’ve completed making any changes on this tab, click the Apply but- ton to save those changes or Undo to exit the Web-based Utility without saving changes. For more information on this tab, you can click the Help button.

Wireless Network Access Point

The Wireless Tab

Figure 6-12

Before making any changes to the Wireless tab, shown in Figure 6-12, please check your wireless settings on other systems, as these changes will alter the effectiveness of the Access Point. In most cases, these settings do not need to be changed.

•Beacon Interval. This value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network syn- chronized. A beacon includes the wireless LAN service area, the AP address, the Broadcast destination addresses, a time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM).

•RTS Threshold. This value should remain at its default setting of 2,432. Should you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications are recommended.

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