Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

6.11 AP Select Screen

Use this screen to choose an access point that you want the NBG-418N (in universal repeater or client bridge mode) to connect to. You should know the security settings of the target AP.

To open this screen, click Network > Wireless LAN > AP Select tab.

Figure 60 Network > Wireless LAN > AP Select

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 36 Network > Wireless LAN > AP Select

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Select

Use the radio button to select the wireless device to which you want to connect.

 

 

SSID

This displays the Service Set IDentity of the wireless device. The SSID is a unique name

 

that identifies a wireless network. All devices in a wireless network must use the same

 

SSID.

 

 

BSSID

This displays the MAC address of the wireless device.

 

 

Channel

This displays the channel number used by this wireless device.

 

 

Mode

This displays which IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless networking standards the wireless device

 

supports.

 

 

Security Mode

This displays the type of security configured on the wireless device. OPEN means no

 

security is configured and you can connect to it without a password.

 

 

Strength

This displays the strength of the wireless signal. The signal strength mainly depends on

 

the antenna output power and the distance between your NBG-418N and this device.

 

 

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