User’s Guide
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4.4 Wireless – Basic Wireless Settings
Wireless Network
Wireless Settings
If you are using a Wireless-B, Wireless-G, or Wireless B+G network, then the following settings that you may need to
configure.
Wireless
: You can enable or disable the wireless function.
Network Mode
: From this drop-down menu, you can select the wireless standards running on your network. If you
have both 802.11g and 802.11b devices in your network, keep the default setting ---
Mixed
. If you have only 802.11g
devices, select
Wireless-G Only
. If you have only 802.11b devices, select
Wireless-B Only
. If you do not have any
802.11g and 802.11b devices in your network, select
Disabled
.
Network Name (SSID)
: The service set identifier ( SSID ) or network name. It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32
characters, which may be any keyboard character. You shall have selected the same SSID for all the APs that will be
communicating with mobile wireless stations.
Channel
: Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network settings. You shall
assign a different channel for each AP to avoid signal interference.
SSID Broadcast
: When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect
the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the Router's SSID, keep the default setting,
Enabled
. If you do not
want to broadcast the Router's SSID, then select
Disabled
.
Change these settings as described here and click the
Apply
button to apply your changes or click
Cancel
button to
cancel your changes. For additional information, click
Help
.
