Chapter 8 Wireless Screen

 

Table 25 Wireless: AP + Bridge

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTIONS

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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