Chapter 10 Wireless LAN
10.4 General Wireless LAN Screen
Use this screen to enter the SSID, select the channel and enable
Note: If you are configuring the WAP3205 v2 from a computer connected to the wireless LAN and you change the WAP3205 v2’s SSID, channel or security 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 WAP3205 v2’s new settings.
Click Network > Wireless LAN to open the General screen.Figure 56 Network > Wireless LAN > General
The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 31 Network > Wireless LAN > General
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Wireless Setup |
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Wireless LAN | This is turned on by default. | |
| The current wireless state is reflected in this field. | |
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Network | The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the Service Set with which a wireless client is | |
Name(SSID) | associated. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable characters found on a typical | |
or | English language keyboard) for the wireless LAN. | |
You can configure up to four SSIDs to enable multiple BSSs (Basic Service Sets) on the | ||
Name(SSID1~3) | ||
WAP3205 v2. This allows you to use one access point to provide several BSSs | ||
| simutaneously. You can then assign varying security types to different SSIDs. Wireless | |
| clients can use different SSIDs to associate with the same access point. | |
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Hide | Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a wireless client | |
| cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool. | |
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Enable Intra- | A Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireless clients or | |
BSS Traffic | between a wireless client and a wired network client go through one access point (AP). | |
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| wireless clients can access the wired network and communicate with each other. When | |
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| communicate with each other. | |
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