G-1000 User’s Guide

Figure 55 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup

 

 

Menu 3.5 - Wireless LAN Setup

Name (SSID)= ZyXEL

Edit MAC Address Filter= No

Hide Name (SSID)= No

Channel

ID= CH06 2437MHz

Edit Roaming Configuration= No

RTS Threshold= 2432

Block Intra-BSS Traffic= No

Frag. Threshold= 2432

Preamble= Long

WEP Encryption= Disable

802.11 Mode= Mixed

Default Key= N/A

Max. Frame Burst= 0

Key1=

N/A

Breathing LED= Yes

Key2=

N/A

 

Key3=

N/A

 

Key4=

N/A

 

Authen. Method= N/A

Note: In the SMT, the ESSID is referred to as SSID. Both of them refer to the same ID for the G-1000.

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

Table 43 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Name (SSID)

The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the AP to which the wireless stations associate.

 

Wireless stations associating to the AP must have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive

 

name of up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters.

 

This field is only available when you select Access Point or AP + Bridge in the Operating

 

Mode field.

Hide Name (SSID)

Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes to hide the SSID in the outgoing data frame so an

 

intruder cannot obtain the SSID through passive scanning.

Channel ID

Press [SPACE BAR] to select a channel. This allows you to set the operating frequency/

 

channel depending on your particular region.

RTS Threshold

Setting this attribute to zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake. Enter a value between 0

 

and 2432.

Frag. Threshold

This is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter a value between 256 and

 

2432.

WEP Encryption

Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without

 

any data encryption.

 

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.

 

 

Default Key

Enter the key number (1 to 4) in this field. Only one key can be enabled at any one time.

 

This key must be the same on the G-1000 and the wireless stations to communicate.

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G-1000 specifications

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