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Wireless LAN

6.1 Overview

This chapter discusses the steps to configure the Wireless Settings screen on the NWA1121-NI. It also introduces the wireless LAN (WLAN) and some basic scenarios.

Figure 17 Wireless Mode

In the figure above, the NWA1121-NI allows access to another bridge device (A) and a notebook computer (B) upon verifying their settings and credentials. It denies access to other devices (C and D) with configurations that do not match those specified in your NWA1121-NI.

6.2What You Can Do in this Chapter

•Use the Wireless Settings screen to configure the NWA1121-NI’s operation mode (see Section

6.4on page 60).

•Uee the SSID screen to configure up to eight SSID profiles for your NWA1121-NI (see Section

6.5on page 72).

•Use the Security screen to choose the wireless security mode for your NWA1121-NI (see Section

6.6on page 74).

•Use the RADIUS screen if you want to authenticate wireless users using a RADIUS Server and/or accounting server (see Section 6.7 on page 87).

•Use the MAC Filter screen to specify which wireless station is allowed or denied access to the NWA1121-NI (see Section 6.8 on page 89).

 

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