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Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

Table 29 Network > Wireless LAN > General

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Hide SSID	Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a
	station cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
Channel	Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Selection	Select a channel from the drop-down list box. The options vary depending
	on the frequency band and the country you are in.
	This option is only available if Auto Channel Selection is disabled.
Auto Channel	Select this check box for the NBG-460N to automatically choose the
Selection	channel with the least interference. Deselect this check box if you wish to
	manually select the channel using the Channel Section field.
Operating	This displays the channel the NBG-460N is currently using.
Channel
Channel	Select whether the NBG-460N uses a wireless channel width of 20 or 40
Width	MHz.
	A standard 20 MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps
	whereas a 40MHz channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds
	of up to 300 Mbps.
	Because not all devices support 40 MHz channels, select Auto 20/40MHz
	to allow the NBG-460N to adjust the channel bandwidth automatically.
	This is set to 20 MHz by default. This lessens radio interference with
	other wireless devices in your neighborhood.
Security	Select Static WEP, WPA-PSK,WPA, WPA2-PSK or WPA2 to add
Mode	security on this wireless network. The wireless clients which want to
	associate to this network must have same wireless security settings as
	this device. After you select to use a security, additional options appears
	in this screen. See 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.4.4 sections. Or you can select No
	Security to allow any client to associate this network without
	authentication.
	This is set to No Security by default.

	Note: If the WPS function is enabled (default), only No Security,
	WPA-PSKand WPA2-PSKare available in this field.
Apply	Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG-460N.
Reset	Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.

7.4.1 No Security

Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any data encryption.

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