Chapter 5 Wireless LAN
Figure 18 SSID & Security
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 14 SSID & Security
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
SSID |
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Choose SSID | Select an SSID for which you want to configure the wireless and wireless security |
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SSID Options |
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Allow Default SSID | Select Enable to allow a wireless client to connect to a service set on the NXC- |
| 8160 even when the wireless client is trying to connect to “any” network. |
| Select Disable to allow a wireless client to connect to a service set on the NXC- |
| 8160 only when the wireless client is trying to connect to a specific SSID. |
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Display SSID in | Select Enable to allow the AP to broadcasts the SSID in the area and a client can |
Beacon | see it from the utility. |
| Select Disable to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so that a client |
| cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool. |
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Allow Intra BSS | A Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireless |
Traffic | clients or between a wireless client and a wired network client go through the |
| AP(s) and use the same SSID. |
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| If you select Enable, wireless clients in the same BSS can access the wired |
| network and communicate with each other. |
| If you select Disable, wireless clients in the same BSS can still access the wired |
| network but cannot communicate with each other. |
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