ZyAIR G-2000 Plus User’s Guide

Figure 25 Wireless

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

Table 20 Wireless

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Enable

Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.

Wireless LAN

 

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.

 

Note: 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

Select a channel from the drop-down list box.

 

 

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

 

 

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 reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

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Chapter 6 Wireless Configuration and Roaming