Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
NWA1000 Series User’s Guide
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Wireless Mode
If you are in the
Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings
or
Wireless LAN > Wireless
Settings- 2.4G
screen, you can select from the following:
•
802.11b/g
to allow both IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the NWA. The transmission rate of your NWA might be reduced.
•
802.11b/g/n
to allow IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g and IEEE802.11n compliant WLAN
devices to associate with the NWA. The transmission rate of the NWA might be
reduced.
•
802.11n
to allow only IEEE802.11n compliant WLAN devices to associate with the
NWA.
If you are in the
Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings- 5G
screen, you can select from
the following:
•
802.11a/n
to allow IEEE802.11a and IEEE802.11n compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the NWA.
•
802.11a
to allow only IEEE802.11a compliant WLAN devices to associate with the
NWA.
•
802.11n
to allow only IEEE802.11n compliant WLAN devices to associate with the
NWA.
•
802.11a/n/ac
to allow IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11n and IEEE802.11ac compliant
WLAN devices to associate with the NWA. The transmission rate of the NWA might be
reduced.
Channel
Select the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region from the
drop-down list box.
Channel Width
This field displays only when you select
802.11n
,
802.11a/n
,
802.11b/g/n
or
802.11a/n/ac
in the
Wireless Mode
field.
A standard 20MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps whereas a 40MHz
channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds of up to 300Mbps. However, not all
devices support 40MHz channels.
Select the channel bandwidth you want to use for your wireless network.
It is recommended that you select
20/40MHz
. This allows the NWA to adjust the channel
bandwidth depending on network conditions.
Select
20MHz
if you want to lessen radio interference with other wireless devices in your
neighborhood or the wireless clients do not support channel bonding.
Repeater Settings
The repeater function allows the NWA in root AP or repeater mode to set up a wireless connection between it
and another NWA in root AP or repeater mode.
Note: Repeater security is independent of the security settings between the NWA and any wireless clients.
Local MAC
Address
Local MAC Address
is the MAC address of your NWA.
Repeater SSID
Profile
Select the SSID profile you want to use for repeater connections with an AP or repeater or
regular wireless connections with wireless clients.
Note: You can only configure
None
, or
WPA2-PSK
security mode for the SSID used by a
repeater connection.
Root MAC
Address
Specify the peer device’s MAC address. The peer device can be a NWA in either root AP
mode or repeater mode.
Advanced Settings
Beacon Interval
When a wirelessly network device sends a beacon, it includes with it a beacon interval.
This specifies the time period before the device sends the beacon again. The interval tells
receiving devices on the network how long they can wait in lowpower mode before waking
up to handle the beacon. A high value helps save current consumption of the access point.
Table 12
Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings: Repeater (continued)
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