Chapter 8 Wireless Configuration

The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.

Table 27 Wireless: Access Point

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

WLAN

Select which WLAN adapter you want to configure.

Interface

It is recommended that you configure the first WLAN adapter for AP

 

 

functions and use the second WLAN adapter for bridge functions.

 

 

Operating

Select Access Point from the drop-down list.

Mode

 

 

 

802.11 Mode

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.

 

 

Super Mode

Select this to improve data throughput on the WLAN by enabling fast

 

frame and packet bursting.

 

 

Disable

This field displays only when you select 802.11a in the 802.11 Mode

channel

field. Select this if you do not want to use DFS (Dynamic Frequency

switching for

Selection).

DFS

 

 

 

Choose

Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular

Channel ID

region.

 

To manually set the NWA to use a channel, select a channel from the

 

drop-down list box.

 

Click MAINTENANCE and then the Channel Usage tab to open the

 

Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is not already used by

 

another AP or independent peer-to-peer wireless network.

 

To have the NWA automatically select a channel, click Scan instead.

 

 

Scan

Click this button to have the NWA automatically scan for and select the

 

channel with the least interference.

 

 

Disable

This field is available when you select 802.11a in the 802.11 Mode

channel

field.

switching

 

for DFS

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.

 

Select this option to disable DFS on the NWA when 802.11 Mode is set

 

to 802.11a.

 

 

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