Chapter 8 Wireless Configuration
Table 24 Wireless: Bridge / Repeater
LABEL | DESCRIPTIONS |
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. |
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Disable channel | This field displays only when you select 802.11a in the 802.11 |
switching for DFS | Radio Mode field. Select this if you do not want to use DFS |
| (Dynamic Frequency Selection). |
| DFS (dynamic frequency selection) allows an AP to detect other |
| devices in the same channel. If there is another device using the |
| same channel, the AP changes to a different channel, so that it can |
| avoid interference with radar systems or other wireless networks. |
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Choose Channel ID | Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular |
| region. |
| To manually set the NWA to use a channel, select a channel from the |
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| Usage tab to open the Channel Usage screen to make sure the |
| channel is not already used by another AP or independent |
| peer wireless network. |
| To have the NWA automatically select a channel, click Scan instead. |
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Disable DCS to | This appears if the DCS feature is enabled. |
unlock | Click this to disable DCS and select a channel ID manually. |
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| Note: DCS is Disabled by default |
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Operating Channel | This field displays only when you select 802.11a in the 802.11 |
| Radio Mode field. |
| This is the channel currently being used by your AP. |
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RTS/CTS | Use RTS/CTS to reduce data collisions on the wireless network if you |
Threshold | have wireless clients that are associated with the same AP but out of |
| range of one another. When enabled, a wireless client sends an RTS |
| (Request To Send) and then waits for a CTS (Clear To Send) before |
| it transmits. This stops wireless clients from transmitting packets at |
| the same time (and causing data collisions). |
| A wireless client sends an RTS for all packets larger than the number |
| (of bytes) that you enter here. Set the RTS/CTS equal to or higher |
| than the fragmentation threshold to turn RTS/CTS off. |
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Fragmentation | The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for |
Threshold | directed messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can |
| be sent. Enter an even number between 256 and 2346. |
128 |
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