Chapter 8 Wireless Screen

 

Table 24 Wireless: Bridge / Repeater

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTIONS

 

Output Power

Set the output power of the NWA in this field. If there is a high

 

 

density of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the NWA to

 

 

reduce interference with other APs. Select from 100% (Full

 

 

Power), 50%, 25%, 12.5% and Minimum. See the product

 

 

specifications for more information on your NWA’s output power.

 

 

Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the NWA’s

 

 

effective broadcast radius.

 

 

 

 

Rates

This section controls the data rates permitted for clients.

 

Configuration

For each Rate, select an option from the Configuration list. The

 

 

 

 

options are:

 

 

• Basic (1~11 Mbps only): Clients can always connect to the

 

 

access point at this speed.

 

 

• Optional: Clients can connect to the access point at this speed,

 

 

when permitted to do so by the AP.

 

 

• Disabled: Clients cannot connect to the access point at this

 

 

speed.

 

 

 

 

MCS Table

The MCS Rate table is available only when 802.11n/g or

 

 

802.11n/a is selected as the 802.11 Radio Mode.

 

 

IEEE 802.11n supports many different data rates which are called

 

 

MCS rates. MCS stands for Modulation and Coding Scheme. This is

 

 

an 802.11n feature that increases the wireless network performance

 

 

in terms of throughput.

 

 

For each MCS Rate (0-15), select either Enable (default) to have the

 

 

NWA use the data rate. Select Disable if you do not want the NWA

 

 

to use the data rate.

 

 

 

 

Enable WDS

Select this to turn on security for the NWA’s Wireless Distribution

 

Security (ZyAIR

System (WDS). A Wireless Distribution System is a wireless

 

PRO Series

connection between two or more APs. If you do not select the check

 

Compatible)

box, traffic between APs is not encrypted.

 

 

Note: WDS security is independent of the security settings

 

 

between the NWA and any wireless clients.

 

 

When you enable WDS security, also do the following:

 

 

• Select the type of security you want to use (TKIP or AES) to

 

 

secure traffic on your WDS.

 

 

• Enter a pre-shared key in the PSK field for each access point in

 

 

your WDS. Each access point can use a different pre-shared key.

 

 

• Configure WDS security and the relevant PSK in each of your

 

 

other access point(s).

 

 

Note: Other APs must use the same encryption method to

 

 

enable WDS security.

 

 

 

 

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