Tyco 0-1591700-x Wireless Menus, 11a Menu Option, Page 22 of, Wireless Access Point Model, PL0356

Wireless Access Point Model 0-1591700-x User Manual Page 22 of 33

Wireless Menus

This menu option has 4 menus:-

Menu Mode	Function
11a	Displays and programs the entire 802.11a band radio interface.
11g	Displays and programs the entire 802.11b/g band radio interface.
Status	Displays the state, MAC addresses, byte throughput and idle time
	for the connected clients for both bands.
802.1x Status	Displays the status of the 802.1x authentication mode.

11a Menu Option

This menu option enables detailed configuration of the 5GHz IEEE802.11a band radio interface. All the key settings including SSID, channel, power, data rate and SSID hiding are presented on this interface.

Figure 19 - 802.11a Band Radio Configuration – Default Settings

The above screen shows the default settings for the 802.11a band radio. The key values are:-

SSID

All devices on the same network must have the same SSID string which can be up to 32 characters in length. The default SSID is Wireless_11a and for security reasons it is strongly recommended that the SSID is changed from its default value.

Wireless Mode

This can be used to configure the access point to use proprietary client devices to achieve fastest possible throughput. The default value is the standards based 54Mbps and the proprietary setting is the “Turbo” 108Mbps.

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