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Broadcast SSID
Select the
Broadcast SSID
setting by clicking the “Allow” or “Prohibit”
radio button.
By default, the access point broadcasts (allows) the
Service Set
Identifier
(SSID) in its beacon frames.
You can suppress (prohibit) this broadcast to discourage stations
from automatically discovering your access point. When the AP’s
broadcast SSID is suppressed, the network name will not be
displayed in the List of Available Networks on a client station.
Instead, the client must have the exact network name configured
in the supplicant before it will be able to connect.
Security Mode
Select the
Security Mode
. Select one of the following:
• Plaintext
• Static WEP
• IEEE 802.1x
• WPA with RADIUS
• WPA-PSK
For a Guest network, only the “Plaintext” setting can be used. (For
more information, see “Setting up Guest Access” in this manual.)
Security modes other than Plaintext apply only to configuration of
the “Internal” network; on the Guest network, you can use only
Plaintext mode.
Field
Description
Plaintext
Plain Text
means any data transferred to and from the D-Link DWL-2210AP is not
encrypted.
There are no further options for “Plaintext” mode.
Plain text mode can be useful during initial network configuration or for problem solving,
but it is not recommended for regular use on the Internal network because it is not
secure.
Guest Network
Plain text mode is the only mode in which you can run the Guest network, which is by
definition an easily accessible, unsecure
LAN
always virtually or physically separated
from any sensitive information on the Internal LAN. For example, the guest network
might simply provide internet and printer access for day visitors.
Configuring Security
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