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| Chapter 6 Wireless Settings Screen | |
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| Table 12 Wireless > Wireless Settings: Bridge/Repeater (continued) | ||
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| SSID Profile | The SSID (Service Set IDentifier) identifies the Service Set with which a |
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| wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access |
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| point (AP) must have the same SSID. Select an SSID Profile from the drop- |
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| down list box. |
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| Note: If you are configuring the NWA from a computer connected to the |
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| wireless LAN and you change the NWA’s SSID or security settings, you |
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| will lose your wireless connection when you press Apply to confirm. |
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| You must then change the wireless settings of your computer to match |
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| the NWA’s new settings. |
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| Channel | Select the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region |
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| Channel Width | This field displays only when you select 802.11 b/g/n in the 802.11 |
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| Wireless Mode field. |
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| A standard 20MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps whereas |
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| a 40MHz channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds of up to |
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| 300Mbps. However, not all devices support 40MHz channels. |
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| Select the channel bandwidth you want to use for your wireless network. |
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| It is recommended that you select 20/40 (20/40 MHz). This allows the NWA |
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| to adjust the channel bandwidth depending on network conditions. |
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| Select 20 MHz if you want to lessen radio interference with other wireless |
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| devices in your neighborhood. |
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| WDS Settings |
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| Local Mac Address | A Wireless Distribution System is a wireless connection between two or more |
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| Remote MAC | APs. |
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| Address 1 - 4 | Note: WDS security is independent of the security settings between the NWA |
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| and any wireless clients. |
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| Local MAC Address is the MAC address of your NWA. You can specify up to |
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| 4 remote devices’ MAC addresses in this section. |
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| Advanced Settings |
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| Output Power | Set the output power of the NWA in this field. If there is a high density of APs |
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| in an area, decrease the output power of the NWA to reduce interference with |
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| other APs. Select one of the following Full (Full Power), 50%, 25%, 12.5% |
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| or Min (Minimum). See the product specifications for more information on |
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| your NWA’s output power. |
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| Preamble Type | Select Dynamic to have the AP automatically use short preamble when |
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| wireless adapters support it, otherwise the AP uses long preamble. |
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| Select Long if you are unsure what preamble mode the wireless adapters |
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| support, and to provide more reliable communications in busy wireless |
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| networks. |
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| RTS/CTS Threshold | (Request To Send) The threshold (number of bytes) for enabling RTS/CTS |
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| handshake. Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform the |
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| RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to be larger than the maximum |
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| MSDU (MAC service data unit) size turns off the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting |
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| this attribute to its smallest value (1) turns on the RTS/CTS handshake. |
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| Fragmentation | The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed |
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| messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. |
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