ZyAIR Access Point Series User’s Guide

The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.

 

 

Table 5-1 Wireless

 

 

 

 

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

Operating Mode

Select the operating mode from the drop-down list. Options are Access Point,

 

Multiple ESS and Bridge.

 

The screen changes when you select Multiple ESS or Bridge in this field.

 

Refer to the Multiple ESS and VLAN chapter for more information on multiple ESS.

 

 

ESSID

(Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID identifies the Service Set with which a

 

wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP)

 

must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII

 

characters) for the wireless LAN.

 

 

 

 

 

If you are configuring the ZyAIR from a computer connected to

 

 

 

the wireless LAN and you change the ZyAIR’s ESSID or WEP

 

 

 

settings, you will lose your wireless connection when you

 

 

 

press Apply to confirm. You must then change the wireless

 

 

 

settings of your computer to match the ZyAIR’s new settings.

 

 

 

Hide ESSID

Select this check box to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station

 

cannot obtain the ESSID through passive scanning using a site survey tool.

 

 

Choose

Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.

Channel ID

To manually set the ZyAIR to use a channel, select a channel from the drop-down list

 

box. Click MAINTENANCE, WIRELESS and then the Channel Usage tab to open the

 

Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is not already used by another AP or

 

independent peer-to-peer wireless network.

 

To have the ZyAIR automatically select a channel, click Scan instead.

 

Refer to the Wizard Setup chapter for more information on channels.

 

 

Scan

Click this button to have the ZyAIR automatically scan for and select a channel with the

 

least interference.

 

 

RTS/CTS

Enter a value between 0 and 2432. The default is 2432.

Threshold

 

 

 

Fragmentation

Enter a value between 256 and 2432. The default is 2432. It is the maximum data

Threshold

fragment size that can be sent.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyAIR.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

 

See the Wireless Security chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.

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Wireless Configuration and Roaming