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Prestige 662HW Series User’s Guide
Chapter 29 Wireless LAN Setup 316
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Wireless LAN Setup
This chapter covers how to configure wireless LAN settings in SMT menu 3.5.
29.1 Wireless LAN Overview
Refer to the chapter on the wireless LAN screens for wireless LAN background information.
29.2 Wireless LAN Setup
Use menu 3.5 to set up your Prestige as the wireless access point. To edit menu 3.5, enter 3
from the main menu to display
Menu 3 – LAN Setup . When menu 3 appears, press 5 and then
press
[ENTER]
to display Menu 3.5 – Wireless LAN Setup as shown next.
Figure 158 Menu 3.5 - Wireless LAN Setup
The following table describes the fields in this menu.
Menu 3.5- Wireless LAN Setup
ESSID= Wireless
Hide ESSID= No
Channel ID= CH06 2437MHz
RTS Threshold= 2432
Frag. Threshold= 2432
WEP= Disable
Default Key= N/A
Key1= N/A
Key2= N/A
Key3= N/A
Key4= N/A
Edit MAC Address Filter= No
Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:
Table 111 Menu 3.5 - Wireless LAN Setup
FIELD DESCRIPTION
ESSID The ESSID (Extended Service Set IDentifier) identifies the AP to which the wireless
stations associate. Wireless stations associating to the Access Point must have the
same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name of up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters.
Hide ESSID Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so
a station cannot obtain the ESSID through passive scanning.