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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 10 Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings: Root AP
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Basic Settings |
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Wireless LAN | Select the check box to turn on the wireless LAN on the |
Interface |
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Operation Mode | Select Root AP from the |
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Wireless Mode | Select 802.11b/g to allow both IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN devices |
| to associate with the |
| reduced. |
| Select 802.11b/g/n to allow IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g and IEEE802.11n compliant |
| WLAN devices to associate with the |
| NI might be reduced. |
| Select 802.11n to allow only IEEE802.11n compliant WLAN devices to associate with the |
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Channel | Select the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region from the |
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Channel Width | This field displays only when you select 802.11n or 802.11b/g/n in the Wireless Mode |
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| A standard 20MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps whereas a 40MHz |
| channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds of up to 300Mbps. However, not all |
| devices support 40MHz channels. |
| Select the channel bandwidth you want to use for your wireless network. |
| It is recommended that you select 20/40MHz. This allows the |
| channel bandwidth depending on network conditions. |
| Select 20MHz if you want to lessen radio interference with other wireless devices in your |
| neighborhood or the wireless clients do not support channel bonding. |
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Select SSID | The SSID (Service Set IDentifier) identifies the Service Set with which a wireless station is |
Profile | associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must have the same |
| SSID. You can have up to four SSIDs active at the same time. |
| Note: If you are configuring the |
| LAN and you change the |
| wireless connection when you press Apply to confirm. You must then change the |
| wireless settings of your computer to match the |
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# | This is the index number of each SSID profile. |
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Activve | Select the check box to enable an SSID profile. Otherwise, clear the check box. |
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Profile | Select an SSID Profile from the |
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Universal Repeater Settings
The Universal repeater function allows the
Note: Universal repeater security is independent of the security settings between the
Local MAC | Local MAC Address is the MAC address of your |
Address |
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Universal | Select the SSID profile you want to use for universal repeater connections. |
Repeater SSID |
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Profile | Note: You can only configure None, |
| used by a universal repeater connection. |
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