The Wireless card groups all the user configurable wireless Access Point (AP) functions. Here you may make settings as follows:
AP Alias | Assigns the AP a unique name |
Name |
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Domain | This is more commonly called the Domain Name but is |
Name (SSID) | defined in the IEEE 802.11 Wireless Standard as SSID. |
| Stations and APs in the same group must use the same |
| Domain Name |
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Secure SSID | • Blocks a connection request without the exact SSID |
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| • Hides the SSID in outgoing beacon frames. A site |
| survey tool will not find the AP |
Transmission | The transmission rate at which the data packets are |
Rate | transmitted by the AP. You can set this to Auto select 1 or |
| 2Mbps, Fixed 1Mbps, Fixed 2Mbps, Fixed 5.5Mbps, Fixed |
| 11Mbps or Full Auto (1 to 11Mbps) |
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Basic Rates | This value determines the basic rates used and reported for |
| this BSS by the AP. The highest rate specified will be the |
| rate that the AP will use when transmitting |
| broadcast/multicast and management frames. |
| Available options are: 1 and 2Mbps and All (1, 2, 5.5, and |
| 11Mbps) |
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Channel | Refer to the Appendix, page 52, for a list of the channels |
Number | supported in each regulatory domain |
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Regulatory | Identifies the country where the AP is used (see the |
Domain | Appendix, page 52). Each Regulatory Domain has defined |
| the channel numbers and transmission power available |
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After making any changes, click OK and then click the Reset AP menu item.
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