Chapter 7 Wireless LAN
PLA5236 User’s Guide
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7.5 Wire le ss Se c urity
The screen varies depending on what you select in the
Se c urity Mo de
field.
7.5.1 No Se c urity
Select
No Se c urity
to allow wireless clients to communicate with the access points without any data
encryption.
Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your PLA, your network is accessible to any
wireless networking device that is within range.
802.11 Mode
You can select from the following:
•
802.11b
: allows either IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate
with the PLA. In this mode, all wireless devices can only transmit at the data rates supported
by IEEE 802.11b.
•
802.11g
: allows IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate with the Device. IEEE
802.11b compliant WLAN devices can associate with the PLA only when they use the short
preamble type.
•
802.11b g
: allows either IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate
with the PLA. The PLA adjusts the transmission rate automatically according to the wireless
standard supported by the wireless devices.
•
802.11n
: allows IEEE 802.11n compliant WLAN devices to associate with the PLA. This can
increase transmission rates, although IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g clients will not be able to
connect to the PLA. I
•
802.11g n
: allows either IEEE 802.11g or IEEE 802.11n compliant WLAN devices to associate
with the PLA. The transmission rate of your PLA might be reduced.
•
802.11 b g n
: allows IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g and IEEE802.11n compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the PLA. The transmission rate of your PLA might be reduced.
Security
Security Mode
Select
Sta tic WEP
,
WPA- PSK
, or
WPA2- PSK
to add security on this wireless network. The wireless
clients which want to associate to this network must have same wireless security settings as this
device. After you select to use a security, additional options appears in this screen. See
for detailed information on different security modes. Or you can select
No
Se c urity
to allow any client to associate this network without authentication.
Note: If the WPS function is enabled (default), only
No Se c urity
and
WPA2- PSK
are
available in this field.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the PLA.
Cancel
Click
C a nc e l
to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
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