Chapter 5 Wireless LAN
The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 6 WIRELESS > BASIC
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
ESSID | The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the Service Set with which a |
| wireless station is associated. Wireless clients associating to the access |
| point (AP) must have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 |
| printable |
| When a wireless client scans for an AP to associate with, this is the name |
| that is broadcast and seen in the wireless client utility. |
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Channel | Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region. |
| Select a channel from the |
| on the frequency band and the country you are in. |
| If you are having problems with wireless interference, changing the |
| channel may help. Try to use a channel that is as many channels away |
| from any channels used by neighboring APs as possible. |
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802.11 Mode | Select 802.11n + 802.11g + 802.11b to allow both IEEE802.11b, |
| IEEE802.11g and IEEE802.11n compliant WLAN devices to associate with |
| the |
| reduced. |
| Select 802.11n + 802.11g to allow either IEEE 802.11g or IEEE 802.11n |
| compliant WLAN devices to associate with the |
| Select 802.11g + 802.11b to allow either IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g |
| compliant WLAN devices to associate with the |
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| wireless standard supported by the wireless devices. |
| Select 802.11n Only to only allow IEEE 802.11n compliant WLAN devices |
| to associate with the |
| Select 802.11g Only to only allow IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices |
| to associate with the |
| Select 802.11b Only to only allow IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devices |
| to associate with the |
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Channel | Select whether the |
Width | MHz. A standard 20 MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps |
| whereas a 40 MHz channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds |
| of up to 300 Mbps. Because not all devices support 40 MHz channels, |
| select Auto 20/40 MHz to allow the |
| bandwidth automatically. |
| Select 20 MHz if you want to lessen radio interference with other wireless |
| devices in your neighborhood. |
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Transmit | Set the output power of the |
Power | density of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the |
| to reduce interference with other APs. Select one of the following 100%, |
| 50% or 25%. |
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Apply | Click Apply to save your changes back to the |
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