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6.3 Wireless LAN Network Creation
The network manager can configure related wireless settings,
Repeater
AP Setup, Security Settings,
and
MAC Filter
Settings
.
6.3.1 Repeater AP Setup
Administrators can configure ESSID, SSID broadcasting, Maximum number of client associations, security type settings
and MAC Filter settings.
Enable Repeater AP :
By default, it’s “
Enable
” for repeater AP. Select “
Enable
” to activate Repeater AP or click
“
Disable
” to deactivate this function
ESSID :
Extended Service Set ID, When clients are browsing for available wireless networks, this is the SSID that
will appear in the list. ESSID will determine the service type available to AP's clients associated with the specified AP.
Client Isolation :
By default, it’s “
Disable
”
.
Select “
Enable”
, all clients will be isolated from each other, which means they can’t reach each other.
Hidden SSID :
By default, it’s “
Disable
”
.
Enable this option to stop the SSID broadcast in your network. When disabled, people could easily obtain the SSID
information with the site survey software and get access to the network if security is not turned on. When enabled,
network security is enhanced. It’s suggested to enable it after AP security settings are archived and setting of AP's
clients could make to associate to it.
Maximum Clients :
The default value is
32
. You can enter the number of wireless clients that can associate to a
particular SSID. When the number of client is set to 5, only 5 clients at most are allowed to connect to this Repeater
AP.
Security Type :
Select the desired security type from the drop-down list; the options are
Disable
,
WEP
,
WPA-PSK
,
WPA2-PSK
,
WPA-Enterprise
,
WPA2-Enterprise
and
WEP 802.1X
.
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Disable :
Data are unencrypted during transmission when this option is selected.
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WEP :
Wired Equivalent Privacy(WEP) is a data encryption mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit shared key.
