Networking and Client Services
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Association Control: The Association process is the exchange of information
between wireless clients and a wireless access point to establish a link between
them. A wireless client is capable of transmitting and receiving data to an access
point only after the association process is sucessfully completed.
Association control allows an administrator to allow or deny wireless clients from
linking to the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway. Check “Association control” to
control which of the wireless clients will be able to “associate” to the wireless LAN. If
a client is denied “association” to the wireless LAN, it means that the client cannot
send or receive any data through the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway. Choose
“Allow” or “Deny” to allow or deny clients whose MAC addresses are not listed in the
“Control table.”
When a wireless client is allowed to “associate” to the wireless LAN, and “connect”
to the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway, that means it can have full access to the
Internet and network resources.
When a wireless client is NOT allowed to “associate” to the wireless LAN, it means
that it CANNOT:
• Communicate with any others clients on the LAN (neither wired nor wireless)
• Connect to the Internet
• Use the Print Server function
• Use the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway’s Web configuration
• “Connect” to the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway
When a wireless client is allowed to “associate” to the wireless LAN, but NOT
“connect” to the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway, it means that it can
communicate with others clients on the wireless LAN, but CANNOT:
• Communicate with any clients on the wired LAN
• Connect to the Internet
• Use the Print Server function
• Use the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway’s Web configuration
Association control has no effect on wired clients.