Chapter 8 Wireless Screen

The following table describes the bridge labels in this screen.

Table 24 Wireless: Bridge / Repeater

LABEL

DESCRIPTIONS

Operating Mode

Select Bridge / Repeater in this field.

 

 

802.11 mode

This makes sure that only compliant WLAN devices can associate

 

with the NWA.

 

Select 802.11b Only to allow only IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN

 

devices to associate with the NWA.

 

Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN

 

devices to associate with the NWA.

 

Select 802.11b/g to allow both IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g

 

compliant WLAN devices to associate with the NWA. The

 

transmission rate of your NWA might be reduced.

 

Select 802.11a to allow only IEEE 802.11a compliant WLAN devices

 

to associate with the NWA.

 

Select 802.11n/g to allow both IEEE802.11n and IEEE802.11g

 

compliant WLAN devices to associate with the NWA. The

 

transmission rate of your NWA might be reduced.

 

Select 802.11n/a to allow both IEEE802.11n and IEEE802.11a

 

compliant WLAN devices to associate with the NWA. The

 

transmission rate of your NWA might be reduced.

 

The options in this field depend on the 802.11 modes that your

 

device supports:

 

• NWA-3166 supports 802.11b/g, 802.11a, 802.11n/g and

 

802.11n/a.

 

• NWA-3160 supports 802.11b only, 802.11g only, 802.11b/g

 

and 802.11a.

 

• NWA-3163 supports 802.11b only, 802.11g only and

 

802.11b/g.

 

 

Channel Width

This field displays only when you select 802.11n/g or 802.11n/a

 

in the 802.11 Radio Mode field.

 

A standard 20MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps

 

whereas a 40MHz channel uses two standard channels and offers

 

speeds of up to 300Mbps. However, not all devices support 40MHz

 

channels.

 

Select the channel bandwidth you want to use for your wireless

 

network.

 

It is recommended that you select 20/40 (20/40 MHz). This allows

 

the NWA to adjust the channel bandwidth depending on network

 

conditions.

 

Select 20 MHz if you want to lessen radio interference with other

 

wireless devices in your neighborhood.

 

 

 

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