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MDS Mercury 16E Technical Manual
MDS 05-6302A01, Rev. B
802.11 Configuration Options
Not all settings shown here are available at all times. Some can only be
configured when an appropriate mode has been set; for example WPA
security settings can only be configured if the security mode is set to
WPA
.
A parameter in the following tables is configurable only when the
802.11 Mode has been set to one of the selections in the Mode column
of the table. The following abbreviations apply.
• AP - Access point mode
• STA - Station mode
• AH - Ad-Hoc mode
Table 7. 802.11 General Settings
Mode
Parameter
Description
802.11 Mode
AP, STA, AH
Station, Ad-Hoc, Access Point,
Disabled
—What mode the 802.11 module
should operate in.
802.11 SSID
AP, STA, AH
40 character string
—The name of the network
to join or create.
Broadcast
802.11 SSID
AP
Enabled/disabled
—Whether or not to publicly
display the SSID to Wi-Fi clients.
802.11
Channel
AP, AH
1-11
—Manual selection of 802.11 channel.
802.11 Station
Timeout
AP
1-240 minutes
—How long before a station is
removed from the station list.
Tx Power
AP, STA, AH
1-18 dBm
—Transmit power of 802.11 RF
module.
Log 802.11
Events
AP, STA, AH
Enabled/disabled
—Whether or not to log
association and disassociation events to the
Mercury event log.
NIC in Bridge
AP
Enabled/disabled
—Whether or not to bridge
network traffic between the 802.11 interface and
the LAN and WiMAX interfaces.