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TRENDnet User’s Guide
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Wireless LAN Network Creation
The network manager can configure related wireless settings,
Repeater
AP Setup,
Security Settings,
and
MAC Filter Settings
.
Repeater AP Setup
Administrators can configure ESSID, SSID broadcasting, Maximum number of client
associations, security type settings and MAC Filter settings.
Enable Repeater AP :
By default, it’s “
En
able
” for repeater AP. Select “
Enable
” to
activate Repeater AP or click “
Disable
” to deactivate this function
ESSID :
Extended Service Set ID, When clients are browsing for available wireless
networks, this is the SSID that will appear in the list. ESSID will determine the
service type available to AP's clients associated with the specified AP.
Client Isolation :
By default, it’s “
Disable
”
.
Select “
Enable”
, all clients will be isolated from each other, which means they can’t
reach each other.
Hidden SSID :
By default, it’s “
Disable
”
.
Enable this option to stop the SSID broadcast in your network. When disabled,
people could easily obtain the SSID information with the site survey software and
get access to the network if security is not turned on. When enabled, network
security is enhanced. It’s suggested to enable it after AP security settings are
archived and setting of AP's clients could make to associate to it.
Maximum Clients :
The default value is
32
. You can enter the number of wireless
clients that can associate to a particular SSID. When the number of client is set to 5,
only 5 clients at most are allowed to connect to this Repeater AP.
Security Type :
Select the desired security type from the drop-down list; the
options are
Disable
,
WEP
,
WPA-PSK
,
WPA2-PSK
,
WPA-Enterprise
,
WPA2-Enterprise
and
WEP 802.1X
.
Disable :
Data are unencrypted during transmission when this option is
selected.
WEP :
Wired Equivalent Privacy(WEP) is a data encryption mechanism based
on a 64-bit or 128-bit shared key.
Authentication Method :
Enable the desire option among
OPEN
,
SHARED
or
WEPAUTO
.
Key Index :
key index is used to designate the WEP key during data
transmission. 4 different WEP keys can be entered at the same time, but
only one is chosen.
WEP Key # :
Enter
HEX
or
ASCII
format WEP key value; the system
supports up to 4 sets of WEP keys.
Key Length
Hex
ASCII
64-bit
10 characters
5 characters
128-bit
26 characters
13 characters
