Prestige 660W/HW
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Table 4 Wireless LAN: Wireless
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Hide ESSID
Select
Yes
to hide the ESSID so a wireless client cannot obtain the
ESSID through passive scanning.
Select
No
to make the ESSID visible so a wireless client can obtain
the ESSID through passive scanning.
Channel ID
The radio frequency used by IEEE 802.11b wireless devices is called
a channel. Select a channel from the drop-down list box.
RTS/CTS
Threshold
Select this option to enable the RTS (Request To Send)/CTS (Clear
To Send) threshold to minimize collisions. Enter a value between 0
and 2432. The default is 2432.
Request To Send is the threshold (number of bytes) for enabling the
RTS/CTS handshake. Data with its frame size larger than this value
will perform the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to be
larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC Service Data Unit) size turns
off the RTS/CTS handshake.
Fragmentation
Threshold
Fragmentation Threshold is the maximum data fragment size that
can be sent.
WEP
Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before
transmitting them over the wireless network.
Select
Disable
allows all wireless computers to communicate with
the access points without any data encryption.
Select
64-bit WEP
,
128-bit WEP
or
256-bit WEP
and then configure
the keys in the fields provided to activate data encryption.
Key 1 to Key 4
The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the Prestige and the
wireless clients must use the same WEP key for data transmission.
If you chose
64-bit WEP
, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10
hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose
128-bit WEP
, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26
hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose
256-bit WEP
, then enter 29 ASCII characters or 58
hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated
at any one time. The default key is key 1.
