WLAN Settings (Optional)
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Click
Apply
to submit the setting.
WLAN Advance Settings
Click
to access the
WLAN Advance Settings
page.
A security key can protect your WLAN from illegal
data attacking. The security key of your wireless
device must be consistent with that of the PC.
◆
Configuring the 802.11 Authentication
•
Open
: Open system authentication. A user accessing
the WLAN can choose
WEP
,
WPA-PSK
,
WPA2-PSK
or
WPA-PSK|WPA2-PSK
key to pass the authentication
or choose
No ENCRYPTION
to skip the authentication.
•
Shared
: Shared key authentication. It can use only
WEP
. The user accessing the WLAN must use the
WEP
to authenticate.
◆
Configuring the Encryption Mode
• Encryption modes:
No ENCRYPTION
,
WPA-PSK
,
WPA2-PSK
,
WPA-PSK|WPA2-PSK
and
WEP
.
• For details, refer to "Configuring WLAN Encryption
WLAN Bridge
Click
to access the
WLAN Bridge
page.
•
Preamble Type
: It has two options:
Long
and
Short.
In
the case that the client (PC) supports the
Short
type,
the WLAN can have a better performance if it is
Short
.
•
MAX Associations Limit
: It refers to the maximum
number of connections. It is used to set the maximum
number of concurrent WLAN users on the device.
•
Mode
: It refers to the WLAN accessing mode. The
device can work in two modes, as shown in the
following table. The default value is
Access Point
.
•
Bridge Restriction
: It refers to the limitation to the peer
MAC addresses. When it is
Disabled
, the device can
access all the remote bridges; when it is
Enabled
, the
device can only access the remote bridges that the
addresses are in the address list.
Mode
Description
Wireless
Bridge
It is used to connect two or more access
points.
Access
Point
The access points meeting the IEEE
802.11b/g standard or the wireless
terminals can connect the wireless
device.