Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

6.2 What You Can Do

Wireless screens vary according to the device mode you are using.

Wireless Screen

Router

Access Point

Universal Repeater

 

 

 

 

General

 

 

 

 

 

MAC Filter

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

QoS

 

 

 

 

 

WPS

 

 

 

 

 

WPS Station

 

 

 

 

 

Scheduling

 

 

 

 

 

AP Select

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Chapter 4 on page 29 for more information on device modes.

•Use the General screen to enable the Wireless LAN, enter the SSID and select the wireless security mode (Section 6.4 on page 63).

•Use the MAC Filter screen to allow or deny wireless stations based on their MAC addresses from connecting to the NBG-418N v2 (Section 6.5 on page 68).

•Use the Advanced screen to allow intra-BSS networking and set the RTS/CTS Threshold (Section 6.6 on page 69).

•Use the WPS screen to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security, without having to configure security settings manually (Section 6.7 on page 70).

•Use the WPS Station screen to add a wireless station using WPS (Section 6.8 on page 71).

•Use the Scheduling screen to set the times your wireless LAN is turned on and off (Section 6.9 on page 71).

•Use the AP Select screen to choose an access point that you want the NBG-418N v2 (in universal repeater mode) to connect to. You should know the security settings of the target AP (Section 6.11 on page 74).

•Use the MBSSID screen to view the SSID and security of the selected AP wireless network (Section 6.10 on page 72).

6.3What You Should Know

Every wireless network must follow these basic guidelines.

•Every wireless client in the same wireless network must use the same SSID. The SSID is the name of the wireless network. It stands for Service Set IDentity.

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