Chapter 8 Wireless Screen

Table 24 Wireless: Bridge / Repeater

LABEL

DESCRIPTIONS

TKIP

Select this to enable Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) security

 

on your WDS. This option is compatible with other ZyXEL access

 

points that support WDS security. Use this if the other access points

 

on your network support WDS security but do not have an AES

 

option.

 

Note: Check your other AP’s documentation to make sure it

 

supports WDS security.

 

 

AES

Select this to enable Advanced Encryption System (AES) security on

 

your WDS. AES provides superior security to TKIP. Use AES if the

 

other access points on your network support it for the WDS.

 

 

Index

This is the index number of the bridge connection.

 

 

Active

Select the check box to enable the bridge connection. Otherwise,

 

clear the check box to disable it.

 

 

Remote Bridge

Type the MAC address of the peer device in a valid MAC address

MAC

format, that is, six hexadecimal character pairs, for example,

 

12:34:56:78:9a:bc.

 

 

PSK

Type a pre-shared key (PSK) from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII

 

characters (including spaces and symbols). You must also set the

 

peer device to use the same pre-shared key. Each peer device can

 

use a different pre-shared key.

 

 

Enable Antenna

(For NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 only)

Diversity

Select this to use antenna diversity. Antenna diversity uses multiple

 

 

antennas to reduce signal interference.

 

 

Enable Spanning

(R)STP (Section 8.3.1 on page 144) detects and breaks network

Tree Control (STP)

loops and provides backup links between switches, bridges or

 

routers. It allows a bridge to interact with other (R)STP -compliant

 

bridges in your network to ensure that only one path exists between

 

any two stations on the network. Select the check box to activate

 

STP on the NWA.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

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