ZyAIR B-2000 v.
2
Broadband Wireless Sharing Router
17
Table 2 Wireless LAN
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable
Wireless LAN
Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.
ESSID
ESSID (Extended Service Set ID) is a unique name to identify the ZyAIR in the wireless
LAN. Enter a descriptive name.
Hide ESSID
Click this check box to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station
cannot obtain the ESSID through passive scanning using a site survey tool.
Choose
Channel ID
Adjacent access points (APs) should use a channel different from what you selected to
reduce interference. The wireless stations connected to the ZyAIR must use the same
channel you selected.
Scan Click this button to have the ZyAIR automatically scan for and select a channel with the
least interference.
RTS /CTS
Threshold
(Request To Send) The threshold (number of bytes) for enabling 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. Setting this attribute to zero turns on the RTS/CTS
handshake. Enter a value between
0
and
2432
.
Fragmentation
Threshold
The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages.
It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter a value between
256
and
2432
.
WEP
Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) provides data encryption to prevent unauthorized
wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the wireless network.
Select
Disable
to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without
any data encryption.
Select
64-bit WEP
or
128-bit WEP
to enable data encryption.
Authentication
Method
Select
Auto
,
Open System
or
Shared Key
from the drop-down list box.
Key 1 to Key
4
If you chose
64-bit WEP
in the
WEP Encryption
field, then enter any 5 ASCII
characters or 10 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F") preceded by 0x for each key.
If you chose
128-bit WEP
in the
WEP Encryption
field, then enter 13 ASCII characters
or 26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F") preceded by 0x for each key.
There are four data encryption keys to secure your data from eavesdropping by
unauthorized wireless users. The values for the keys must be set up exactly the same
on the access points as they are on the wireless stations.
The preceding “0x” is entered automatically. You must configure all four keys, but only
one key can be activated at any one time. The default key is key 1.
