Prestige 2602HW Series Quick Start Guide

 

Table 3 Wireless LAN: Wireless

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Hide ESSID

Select Yes to hide the ESSID so a wireless client cannot obtain the

 

ESSID through passive scanning.

 

Select No to make the ESSID visible so a wireless client can obtain

 

the ESSID through passive scanning.

 

 

Channel ID

The radio frequency used by IEEE 802.11b wireless devices is called

 

a channel. Select a channel from the drop-down list box.

 

 

RTS/CTS

Select this option to enable the RTS (Request To Send)/CTS (Clear

Threshold

To Send) threshold to minimize collisions. Enter a value between 0

 

and 2432. The default is 2432.

 

Request To Send is the threshold (number of bytes) for enabling the

 

RTS/CTS handshake. Data with its frame size larger than this value

 

will perform the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to be

 

larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC Service Data Unit) size turns

 

off the RTS/CTS handshake.

 

 

Fragmentation

Fragmentation Threshold is the maximum data fragment size that

Threshold

can be sent.

 

 

WEP

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before

Encryption

transmitting them over the wireless network.

 

Select Disable allows all wireless computers to communicate with

 

the access points without any data encryption.

 

Select 64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP or 256-bit WEP and then configure

 

the keys in the fields provided to activate data encryption.

Key 1 to Key 4

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the Prestige and the

 

wireless clients must use the same WEP key for data transmission.

 

If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10

 

hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

 

If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26

 

hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

 

If you chose 256-bit WEP, then enter 29 ASCII characters or 58

 

hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

 

You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated

 

at any one time. The default key is key 1.

 

 

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