HUAWEI HG231f Wireless-N Router
User Guide
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions
Issue 01 (2010-04-01)
6-3
The router also provides the multi-SSID function. You can configure multiple SSIDs,
and then enable one or multiple of them.
Through the multi-SSID function, multiple virtual access points of a WLAN can be
established. For a wireless client, each virtual access point can be used as a physical access
point. In addition, each virtual access point has its SSID
.
You can disable the SSIDs that are not required. After an SSID is disabled, a wireless
client cannot connect to the WLAN that is indicated by this SSID. Note that all the
external connection channels of a WLAN are closed if all the SSIDs of the WLAN are
disabled. To use the WLAN, you need to enable the WLAN function and at least one
SSID. In addition, to use the WPS function, you should enable
SSID1
.
Configuration Example
To use and hide
SSID1
and disable the other SSIDs (so that the WLAN cannot be found
by others), do as follows:
Step 1
Log in to the Web-based configuration utility.
Step 2
In the navigation tree, choose
Basic
>
WLAN
.
The WLAN configuration page is displayed.
Step 3
Select
SSID1
for
SSID Index
.
Step 4
Set
Enable SSID
to
Enable
.
Step 5
Set
Hide Broadcast
to
Enable
, and then click
Submit
.
Step 6
Select
SSID2
for
SSID Index
.
Step 7
Clear
Enable
for
Enable SSID
. Then click
Submit
.
Step 8
Repeat Step 6 and Step 7 to disable other SSIDs.
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If you consider the use of a WLAN as inconvenient after the SSID of the WLAN is hidden,
you can restore the function of broadcasting the SSID as follows: For Hide Broadcast, clear
Enable. Then click Submit.
6.3.2 Changing the Name of a WLAN
Function Overview
If the router has hidden the SSID of a WLAN, you need to enter the SSID of the WLAN
manually when you use a PC to access the WLAN. If you enter a wrong SSID, the PC
cannot connect to the WLAN. Therefore, the security of the WLAN can be improved if
the SSID is difficult to be predicted.
An SSID consists of 1–32 American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
characters. When the router is delivered, the SSID is preset. You can find this preset
SSID on the label on the real panel of the router. In addition, the router supports the
change of the SSID. You can change the SSID as required.
