Motorola 6161252-00-01, Enterprise Series Routers manual Wireless configuration, Ssid

Models: Enterprise Series Routers 6161252-00-01

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3-38 Administrator’s Handbook

5.Select a System Date Format; the options are MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY, and YY/MM/DD, where M is month, D is day, and Y is year.

6.Select a System Time Format, either AM/PM or 24hrs.

7.Press Escape to return to the System Configuration menu.

Note: NTP can be blocked by some firewall configurations. To ensure that this feature works, create a filterset rule to allow UDP port 123 to be open.

Wireless configuration

If your Router is a wireless model (such as a 3347NWG) you can enable or disable the wireless LAN by selecting Wireless Configuration. The Wireless LAN Configuration screen appears.

Wireless LAN Configuration

Enable Wireless:

No

SSID:

0271 1000

Block Wireless Bridging:

No

Channel...

6

AutoChannel...

Off

Closed System...

Open

Wireless Multimedia (WMM)...

Off

Enable Privacy...

Off

Wireless Multiple SSID Setup...

MAC Address Authentication...

Turn on WEP or WPA encryption to protect your network.

Enable Wireless is set to Yes by default. When Enable Wireless is disabled (No), the Gateway will not provide or broadcast any wireless LAN services. If you toggle Enable Wireless to No or Yes, you must restart the Gateway for the change to take effect. See “Restarting the System” on page 11-8.

SSID (Wireless ID): The SSID is preset to a number that is unique to your unit. You can either leave it as is, or change it by entering a freeform name of up to 32 characters, for example “Ed’s Wireless LAN”. On client PCs’ software, this might also be called the Network Name. The SSID is used to identify this particular wireless LAN. Depending on their operating system or client wireless card, users must either:

select from a list of available wireless LANs that appear in a scanned list on their client

or, if you are in Closed System Mode (see “Closed System” on page 3-39), enter this name on their clients in order to join this wireless LAN.

You can then configure:

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Motorola 6161252-00-01, Enterprise Series Routers manual Wireless configuration, Ssid