Cisco Systems WRT54G2 manual Wireless MAC Filter, Advanced Wireless

Chapter 3

Advanced Configuration

Wireless MAC Filter

Wireless MAC Filter  To filter wireless users by MAC Address, either permitting or blocking access, click Enable. If you do not wish to filter users by MAC Address, keep the default, Disable.

Prevent  Select this to block wireless access by MAC Address. This button is selected by default.

Permit Only  Select this to allow wireless access by MAC Address. This button is not selected by default.

Edit MAC Filter List  Click this to open the MAC Address Filter List screen. On this screen, you can list users, by MAC Address, to whom you wish to provide or block access. For easy reference, click Wireless Client MAC List to display a list of network users by MAC Address.

MAC Address Filter List

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to clear your changes.

Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings

This Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings screen is used to set up the Router’s advanced wireless functions. These settings should only be adjusted by an expert administrator because incorrect settings can reduce wireless performance.

Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings

Advanced Wireless

Authentication Type  The default is set to Auto, which allows either Open System or Shared Key authentication to be used. With Open System authentication, the sender and the recipient do NOT use a WEP key for authentication. With Shared Key authentication, the sender and recipient use a WEP key for authentication.

Basic Rate  The Basic Rate setting is not actually one rate of transmission but a series of rates at which the Router can transmit. The Router will advertise its Basic Rate to the other wireless devices in your network, so they know which rates will be used. The Router will also advertise that it will automatically select the best rate for transmission. The default setting is Default, for transmission at all standard wireless rates (1-2 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, 11 Mbps, 18 Mbps, and 24 Mbps). Other options are 1-2Mbps, for use with older wireless technology, and All, for transmission at all wireless rates. The Basic Rate is not the actual rate of data transmission. If you want to specify the Router’s rate of data transmission, configure the Transmission Rate setting.

Transmission Rate  The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the speed of your wireless network. You can select from a range of transmission speeds, or you can select Auto to have the Router automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the Auto-Fallback feature. Auto-Fallback will negotiate the best possible connection speed between the Router and a wireless client. The default is Auto.

CTS Protection Mode  CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode should remain disabled unless you are having severe problems with your Wireless-G products not being able to transmit to the Router in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic. This function boosts the Router’s ability to catch all Wireless-G transmissions but will severely decrease performance.

Frame Burst  Enabling this option should provide your network with greater performance, depending on the

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