Prestige 662H/HW Series User’s Guide

CHAPTER 29

Wireless LAN Setup

This chapter covers how to configure wireless LAN settings in SMT menu 3.5.

29.1 Wireless LAN Overview

Refer to the chapter on the wireless LAN screens for wireless LAN background information.

29.2 Wireless LAN Setup

Use menu 3.5 to set up your Prestige as the wireless access point. To edit menu 3.5, enter 3 from the main menu to display Menu 3 – LAN Setup. When menu 3 appears, press 5 and then press [ENTER] to display Menu 3.5 – Wireless LAN Setup as shown next.

Figure 158 Menu 3.5 - Wireless LAN Setup

Menu 3.5- Wireless LAN Setup

ESSID= Wireless

Hide ESSID= No

Channel ID= CH06 2437MHz

RTS Threshold= 2432

Frag. Threshold= 2432

WEP= Disable

Default Key= N/A

Key1= N/A

Key2= N/A

Key3= N/A

Key4= N/A

Edit MAC Address Filter= No

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

Table 111 Menu 3.5 - Wireless LAN Setup

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

ESSID

The ESSID (Extended Service Set IDentifier) identifies the AP to which the wireless

 

stations associate. Wireless stations associating to the Access Point must have the

 

same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name of up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters.

Hide ESSID

Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so

 

a station cannot obtain the ESSID through passive scanning.

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