Long Range Wireless Access Point / Client Bridge
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Encryption
: Select
TKIP
or
AES
from the drop-down list if your wireless network
uses this encryption. WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) was designed to improve upon
the security features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). The technology is designed
to work with existing Wi-Fi products that have been enabled with WEP. WPA
provides improved data encryption through the Temporal Integrity Protocol (TKIP),
which scrambles the keys using a hashing algorithm and by adding an integrity
checking feature which makes sure that keys haven’t been tampered with.
Passphrase
: Specify a passphrase that is shared amongst the Access Points and
clients.
Click on the
Apply
button to save the changes.
6.5.2 Wireless Advanced Settings
Click on the
Wireless Advanced Settings
link. On this page you can configure the
advanced settings to tweak the performance of your wireless network. Options
available are: data rate, transmit power, fragmentation threshold, RTS threshold,
protection mode and distance.
Data Rate
: If you would like to force a data rate, you may select one from the drop-
down list. However, for best performance it is recommended to use the
Auto
setting.
Transmit Power
: You may have the different application distance of the device by
selecting a value from the drop-down list. This feature can be helpful in restricting the
coverage area of the wireless network.
