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Chapter 14 Wireless
Basic Home Station VDSL2 P8802T User’s Guide
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The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
14.3 Wireless Security
Click Wireless > Security to open the Security screen. Set Network Authentication to Open
and WEP Encryption to Disabled to allow wireless stations to communicate with the VDSL Router
without any data encryption or authentication.
Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your VDSL Router, your network is
accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.
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Wireless: Basic
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Wireless Network Setup
Enable Wireless Turn the wireless LAN on or off.
Hide Access
Point Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot
obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
Enable Wireless
Multicast
Forwarding Select this check box to convert wireless multicast traffic into wireless unicast traffic.
SSID The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a wireless device is
associated and serves as a name for the wireless network. Wireless devices associating to
the access point (AP) must have the same SSID.
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 English keyboard characters) for the wireless LAN.
BSSID This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the VDSL Router when wireless LAN
is enabled.
Max Clients Set a limit for how many wireless clients can connect to the VDSL Router at a time.
Apply/Save Click this button to save your changes.