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The Wi-Fi Configuration Screens
8.1 Overview
Use the ADVANCED > Wi-Fi Configuration screens to set up your WiMAX
Device’s Wi-Fi network features.
8.1.1 What You Can Do in This Chapter
• The General screen ( Section 8.2 on page 104 ) allows you to set up your WiMAX
Device’s basic Wi-Fi settings and security.
• The MAC Filter screen ( Section 8.3 on page 109 ) allows you to create a list of
computer MAC addresses that you can allow or deny on your network.
• The Advanced screen ( Section 8.4 on page 110 ) allows you to adjust your
advanced Wi-Fi network settings.
8.1.2 What You Need to Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this chapter.
MAC Address
On a local area network (LAN) or other network, the MAC address is a computer's
unique hardware number. (On an Ethernet LAN, it's the same as your Ethernet
address). The MAC layer frames data for transmission over the network, then
passes the frame to the physical layer interface where it is transmitted as a
stream of bits.
MAC Filtering
Media Access Control filtering filters incoming frames based on MAC (Media Access
Control) address(es) that you specify.
RTS/CTS
Request to Send / Clear to Send is a mechanism for reducing interference (or
collisions) on a network by delaying other data in the pipeline. The network device