SENAO NOA-3570, User Manual

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NOA-3570 User’s Guide
60 Chapter 5 Wireless LAN
Table 13 Wireless: Access Point NOA-3570
LABEL DESCRIPTION
WLAN Adapter Select which WLAN adapter you want to configure.
It is recommended that you configure the first WLAN adapter for AP functions and
use the second WLAN adapter for bridge functions.
Operating Mode Select the operating mode from the drop-down list. The options are Access Point ,
Bridge/Repeater and AP+Bridge .
Name (SSID) (Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless
station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must
have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII
characters) for the wireless LAN.
Note: If you are configuring the NOA-3570 from a computer
connected to the wireless LAN and you change the NOA-3570’s
SSID or WEP settings, you will lose your wireless connection when
you click
Apply to confirm. You must then change the wireless
settings of your computer to match the NOA-3570’s new settings.
Hide Name
(SSID)
Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station
cannot obtain the SSID through passive scanning using a site survey tool.
Choose Channel
ID
Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
To manually set the NOA-3570 to use a channel, select a channel from the drop-
down list box. Click MAINTENANCE and then the Channel Usage tab to open the
Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is not already used by another AP
or independent peer-to-peer wireless network.
To have the NOA-3570 automatically select a channel, click
Scan instead.
Scan Click this button to have the NOA-3570 automatically scan for and select a channel
with the least interference.
RTS/CTS
Threshold
(Request To Send) The threshold (number of bytes) for enabling RTS/CTS
handshake. Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform the RTS/CTS
handshake. Setting this attribute to be larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC
service data unit) size turns off the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to
zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake. Enter a value between 0 and 2432 .
Fragmentation
Threshold
The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed
messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter a value
between 800 and 2432 .
WEP Encryption WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) provides data encryption to prevent unauthorized
wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the wireless network.
Select
Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points
without any data encryption.
Select
64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.
Authentication
Method
If you use WEP encryption, select Auto , Open System or Shared Key from the
drop-down list box.