Prestige 334W User’s Guide

 

 

Table 7-1 Wireless

 

 

 

 

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

ESSID

(Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID identifies the Service Set with which a

 

wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP)

 

must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII

 

characters) for the wireless LAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are configuring the Prestige from a computer connected to

 

 

the wireless LAN and you change the Prestige’s ESSID or WEP

 

 

settings, you will lose your wireless connection when you press

 

 

Apply to confirm. You must then change the wireless settings of

 

 

your computer to match the Prestige’s new settings.

 

 

 

Hide ESSID

Select this check box to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot

 

obtain the ESSID through passive scanning using a site survey tool.

Choose

Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.

Channel ID

Select a channel from the drop-down list box.

 

 

Refer to the Wizard Setup chapter for more information on channels.

 

 

RTS/CTS

Enter a value between 0 and 2432. The default is 2432.

Threshold

 

 

 

 

 

Fragmentation

Enter a value between 256 and 2432. The default is 2432. It is the maximum data

Threshold

fragment size that can be sent.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

 

 

See the Wireless Security chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.

7.4Configuring Roaming

A wireless station is a device with an IEEE 802.11mode compliant wireless adapter. An access point (AP) acts as a bridge between the wireless and wired networks. An AP creates its own wireless coverage area. A wireless station can associate with a particular access point only if it is within the access point’s coverage area.

In a network environment with multiple access points, wireless stations are able to switch from one access point to another as they move between the coverage areas. This is roaming. As the wireless station moves from place to place, it is responsible for choosing the most appropriate access point depending on the signal strength, network utilization or other factors.

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Wireless Configuration and Roaming