NETGEAR WPN802 manual Wireless Card Access Restricting by MAC Address

Reference Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless Access Point WPN802

•Fragmentation Length: This is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. The Fragment Threshold value must be larger than the RTS Threshold value. Default: 2346

•Beacon Interval: The interval time between 20ms and 1000ms for each beacon transmission.

Default: 100

•DTIM Interval: The Delivery Traffic Indication Message. Specifies the data beacon rate

between 1 and 255. Default: 1

•Preamble Type: A long transmit preamble may provide a more reliable connection or slightly longer range. A short transmit preamble gives better performance. Auto will automatically handle both long and short preamble. Default: Auto.

Wireless Card Access (Restricting by MAC Address)

The Wireless Card Access Setup page displays a list of wireless computers that are allowed to connect to the wireless access point based on their MAC addresses. These wireless computers must also have the correct SSID and WEP settings configured on the Wireless Settings page to access the wireless network.

From the Wireless Settings menu, click the Setup Access List button to display the Wireless Access List screen:

Figure 4-8: Wireless Access Control List screen

By default, any wireless computer that is configured with the correct SSID will be allowed access to your wireless network. For increased security, you can restrict access to the wireless network to only allow specific computers based on their MAC addresses.

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202-10101-01, 4 May 2005