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Table 3-6 Wireless LAN Setup Field Description
FIELD | DESCRIPTION | EXMAPLE |
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ESSID | The ESSID (Extended Service Set IDentity) identifies the AP the wireless client | Wireless |
is to associate to. Wireless clients associating to the AP must have the same |
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| ESSID. Enter a descriptive name up to 32 printable |
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Hide ESSID | Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon | No |
| frame so a station cannot obtain the ESSID through passive scanning. |
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| Press [SPACE BAR] to select a channel. This allows you to set the operating | CH01 |
| frequency/channel depending on your particular region. | 2412MHz |
Channel ID | Possible choices are CH01 2412MHz, CH02 2417MHz, CH03 2422MHz, |
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| CH04 2427MHz, CH05 2432MHz, CH06 2437MHz, CH07 2442MHz, CH08 |
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| 2447MHz, CH09 2452MHz, CH10 2457MHz or CH11 2462MHz. |
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| RTS (Request To Send) threshold (number of bytes) enables RTS/CTS | 2432 |
RTS | handshake. Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform the |
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RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to be larger than the maximum |
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Threshold | MSDU (MAC Service Data Unit) size turns off the RTS/CTS handshake. |
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| Setting this attribute to zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake. Enter a value |
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| between 0 and 2432. |
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Fragment | The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed | 2432 |
messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter a |
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Threshold |
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value between 256 and 2432. |
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When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt “Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel” to save your configuration or press [ESC] to cancel and go back to the previous screen.
For WEP key configuration, refer to section on WEP Data Encryption.
3.11.3 Roaming
A wireless station is a computer with an IEEE 802.11b compliant wireless Network Interface Card (NIC). An Access Point (AP) acts as a bridge between the wireless and wired networks. An AP creates its own wireless coverage area. A wireless station can associate with a particular access point only if it is within the access point’s coverage area.
In a network environment with multiple access points, wireless stations are able to switch from one access point to another as they move between the coverage areas. This is roaming. As the wireless station moves from place to place, it is responsible for choosing the most appropriate access point depending on the signal strength, network utilization or other factors.
The roaming feature on the access points allows the access points to relay information about the wireless stations to each other. When a wireless station moves from a coverage area to another, it scans and uses the
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