Web User Interface
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Wireless
On the wireless settings page, you can setup the basic wireless configuration for the access point. The user can choose from 4 different wireless
modes:
• Access Point
- Used to create a wireless LAN
• WDS with AP
- Used to connect multiple wireless networks while still functioning as a wireless access point
• WDS
- Used to connect multiple wireless networks
• Wireless Client
- Used when the access point needs to act as a wireless network adapter for an Ethernet enabled device
Wireless Band:
Mode:
Network Name (SSID):
SSID Visibility:
Auto Channel Selection:
Select either
2.4 GHz
or
5 GHz
from the drop-down
menu.
Select
Access Point
from the drop-down menu.
Service Set Identifier (SSID) is the name designated
for a specific wireless local area network (WLAN).
The SSID’s factory default setting is
dlink
. The SSID
can be easily changed to connect to an existing
wireless network or to establish a new wireless
network. The SSID can be up to 32 characters and
is case-sensitive.
Select
Enable
to broadcast the SSID across the
network, thus making it visible to all network users.
Select
Disable
to hide the SSID from the network.
This feature when enabled automatically selects
the channel that provides the best wireless
performance. The channel selection process only
occurs when the AP is booting up. To manually
select a channel, set this option to Disable and
select a channel from the drop-down menu.
Access Point Mode
