WLAN Settings

A security key can protect your WLAN from illegal data attacking. The security key of your wireless device must be consistent with that of the PC.

Configuring the 802.11 Authentication

Open: Open system authentication. A user accessing the WLAN can choose WEP, WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSKkey to pass the authentication or choose No ENCRYPTION to skip the authentication.

Shared: Shared key authentication. It can use only WEP. The user accessing the WLAN must use the WEP to authenticate.

Configuring the Encryption Mode

Encryption modes: No ENCRYPTION, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSKWPA2-PSKand WEP.

For details, refer to "Configuring WLAN Encryption".

Configuring the MAC Filter

Click to access the WLAN MAC Filter page.You can control and manage the clients accessing the WLAN, and improve the WLAN security performance.

MAC Restrict Mode

The following table shows the MAC address filter modes:

Parameter

Description

Disabled

The MAC address filter function is

 

disabled.

Allow

The clients with addresses in the MAC

 

Address list are allowed to connect with

 

the device through the WLAN.

Deny

The clients with addresses in the MAC

 

Address list are not allowed to connect

 

with the device through the WLAN.

MAC Addresses

Enter MAC addresses in the list. The device can perform the access control over the clients whose MAC addresses are in the list.

WLAN Bridge

Click to access the WLAN Bridge page.

Preamble Type: It has two options: Long and Short. In the case that the client (PC) supports the Short type, the WLAN can have a better performance if it is Short.

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Huawei B970 manual Configuring the MAC Filter, Wlan Bridge