Chapter 5 Wireless LAN
Table 14 SSID & Security (continued)
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Allow | An Extended Service Set (ESS) consists of a series of overlapping BSSs, each |
Forward | containing an access point, with each access point connected together by a wired |
| network. This type of wireless LAN topology is called an Infrastructure WLAN. |
| Select Enable to allow wireless clients using different SSIDs to communicate with |
| each other. Traffic between them will not go through the |
| Note: To allow |
| feature on both SSIDs. The SSIDs should also belong to the |
| same VLAN group if you activate VLAN. |
| Select Disable to stop communications between wireless clients using different |
| SSIDs and all traffic will go through the |
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VLAN | A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) allows a physical network to be partitioned |
| into multiple logical networks. Devices on a logical network belong to one group. |
| Specify a VLAN ID number (between 0 and 4095) to have the SSID belong to one |
| VLAN group. Otherwise, leave this field at its default (none). |
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Disassociation | Enter the number of seconds (from 0 to 3600) for the |
Timeout | automatically disconnect a wireless client from the wired network when there is no |
| traffic sent to or from the wireless client. |
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DTIM period | A DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) is used to tell the wireless clients in |
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| Select a DTIM period (from 1 to 5) (in beacon intervals). This indicates how many |
| broadcast and multicast packets can be transmitted to wireless clients between |
| two DTIMs. |
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Save | Click Save to save your changes back to the |
| only after you click Apply in the Maintenance screen. |
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Reset | Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh. |
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