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Enable the Radio
Fig 2.2 Enable Radio Checkbox
Click or un-click the checkbox to enable or disable the radio.
Basic Wireless Settings
All the basic wireless settings can be configured using the information on this page.
Operators can change the ESSID, regulatory country code, wireless profile, channel
spectrum width, frequency of interest, data rates, transmit power and rate aggressiveness.
Wireless Mode
There are
5 modes
available.
Access Point:
This mode can be connected to the
station
mode, which then forwards all
the traffic to the network devices connected to the Ethernet devices of the station.
Access Point WDS:
This mode can be connected to station WDS mode. Using WDS
protocol, it allows a client or station device to bridge wireless traffic transparently.
Station:
This is a client mode that can be connected to the AP mode. It is used to bridge the
wireless connection to an AP. It forwards all the traffic to/from the network devices to the
Ethernet interface. This mode translates all the packets that pass through the device to its
own MAC address, thus resulting in a lack of transparency.
Station WDS:
The Wireless Distribution System (WDS) can be connected to the
access
point WDS
mode in order to enable packet forwarding at the layer 2 level. Unlike station