Netopia 3300-ENT Series, Firmware User Manual

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System Configuration 3-25
Note:
Enabling Closed System Mode on your wireless Gateway provides another level of security, since your
wireless LAN will no longer appear as an available access point to client PCs that are casually scanning for one.
Your own wireless network clients, however, must log into the wireless LAN by using the exact SSID of the
Netopia Gateway.
In addition, if you have enabled WEP encr yption on the Netopia Gateway, your network clients must also have
WEP encr yption enabled, and must have the same WEP encr yption key as the Netopia Gateway.
Once the Netopia Gateway is located by a client computer, by setting the client to a matching SSID, the client
can connect immediately if WEP is not enabled. If WEP is enabled then the client must also have WEP enabled
and a matching WEP key.
Wireless client cards from different manufacturers and different operating systems accomplish connecting to a
wireless LAN and enabling WEP in a variety of ways. Consult the documentation for your par ticular wireless card
and/or operating system.
Wireless Multimedia (WMM)
Wireless Multimedia is an advanced feature that allows you to prioritize various types of data travelling over the
wireless network. Cer tain types of data that are sensitive to delays, such as voice or video, must be prioritized
ahead of other, less delay-sensitive types, such as email.
Wireless Multimedia implements wireless Quality of Ser vice (QoS) by transmitting data depending on Diffser v
priority settings. See
“Diffser v Options” on page 2-22 . These priorities are mapped into four Access Categories
(AC), in increasing order of priority:
• Background (BK),
• Best Effor t (BE),
• Video (VI), and
• Voice (VO).
It requires Wireless Multimedia (WMM)-capable clients, usually a separate feature enabled at the client network
settings, and client PC software that makes use of Differentiated Ser vices (Diffser v). Refer to your operating
system instructions for enabling Diffser v QoS.