Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

Table 24 Network > Wireless LAN > General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Bandwidth

Select whether the P-870HN-51D uses a wireless channel width of 20MHz

 

or 40MHz.

 

A standard 20MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps

 

whereas a 40MHz channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds

 

of up to 300 Mbps.

 

40MHz (channel bonding or dual channel) bonds two adjacent radio

 

channels to increase throughput. The wireless clients must also support 40

 

MHz. It is often better to use the 20 MHz setting in a location where the

 

environment hinders the wireless signal.

 

Select 20MHz if you want to lessen radio interference with other wireless

 

devices in your neighborhood or the wireless clients do not support

 

channel bonding.

 

This field is available only when you set the 802.11 Mode to 802.11n

 

Only or 802.11b/g/n Mixed in the Advanced Setup screen.

 

 

Network

The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a

Name (SSID)

wireless device is associated. Wireless devices associating to the access

 

point (AP) must have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32

 

printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.

 

Note: If you are configuring the P-870HN-51D from a computer

 

connected to the wireless LAN and you change the P-870HN-

 

51D’s SSID or wireless 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 P-870HN-51D’s new settings.

 

 

Hide Network

Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a

Name (SSID)

station cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.

 

 

BSSID

This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the P-870HN-51D

 

when wireless LAN is enabled.

 

 

Security

See the following sections for more details about this field.

Mode

 

 

 

MAC Filter

Click this button to go to the MAC Filter screen to configure whether the

 

wireless devices with the MAC addresses listed are allowed or denied to

 

access the P-870HN-51D using this SSID.

 

 

Apply

Click this to save your changes back to the P-870HN-51D.

 

 

Reset

Click this to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

7.4.1 No Security

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

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