ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide

 

 

Table 5-1 Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

To manually set the ZyAIR to use a channel, select a channel from the drop-down list

 

 

 

box. Click MAINTENANCE and then the Channel Usage tab to open the Channel

 

 

 

Usage screen to make sure the channel is not already used by another AP or

 

 

 

independent peer-to-peer wireless network.

 

 

 

To have the ZyAIR automatically select a channel, click Scan instead.

 

 

 

Refer to the chapter on wizard setup for more information about channels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scan

Click this button to have the ZyAIR automatically scan for and select a channel with the

 

 

 

least interference.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security

Refer to the chapter about Wireless security for detailed information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable Intra-

Intra-BSS traffic is traffic between wireless stations in the same BSS. Select this check

 

 

BSS Traffic

box to enable Intra-BSS traffic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

Use this field to set a maximum number of wireless stations that may connect to the

 

 

Wireless

ZyAIR

 

 

Stations Allowed

Enter the number (from 1 to 32) of wireless stations allowed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Output Power

Set the output power of the ZyAIR in this field. If there is a high density of APs within

 

 

 

an area, decrease the output power of the ZyAIR to reduce interference with other

 

 

 

APs.

 

 

 

The options are 17dBm (50mW), 14dBm (25mW) or 11dBm (12.6mW).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preamble

Select a preamble type from the drop-down list menu. Choices are Long and

 

 

 

Dynamic.

 

 

 

See the section on preamble for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyAIR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

 

 

See the chapter on wireless security for information on the other labels in this screen.

Wireless Configuration and Roaming

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