ZyXEL Communications vmg8924-b10a User Manual page 74

Chapter 6 Wireless
Table 15 Network Setting > Wireless > General (continued)
LABEL
Channel
more.../less
Bandwidth
Control
Sideband
Passphrase
Type
Passphrase Key
Wireless Network Settings
Wireless
Network Name
(SSID)
Max clients
Hide SSID
Enhanced
Multicast
Forwarding
Max. Upstream
Bandwidth
Max.
Downstream
Bandwidth
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DESCRIPTION
Set the channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel or use Auto to have the Device automatically determine a channel to use.
If you are having problems with wireless interference, changing the channel may help. Try
to use a channel that is as many channels away from any channels used by neighboring APs
as possible. The channel number which the Device is currently using then displays next to
this field.
The available channels vary depending on the bandwidth you select in the Bandwidth field.
Click more... to show more information. Click less to hide them.
Select whether the Device uses a wireless channel width of 20MHz, 40MHz, or 80MHz
(available for 5 GHz networks only).
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 300 Mbps, and a 80MHz
channel uses only one channel and offers speeds of up to 433 Mbps.
A wider band enables higher transmittion rate. A 40MHz (channel bonding or dual channel)
channel bonds two adjacent radio channels to increase throughput. An 80MHz channel
bonds two adjacent 40 MHz channels to get even higher data rates. The wireless clients
must also support 40 MHz or 80 MHz. It is often better to use the 20 MHz setting in a
location where the environment hinders the wireless signal.
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.
This is available for some regions when you select a specific channel and set the Bandwidth
field to 40MHz or 80MHz. Set whether the control channel (set in the Channel field)
should be in the Lower or Upper range of channel bands.
If you set security for the wireless LAN and have the Device generate a password, the
setting in this field determines how the Device generates the password.
Select None to set the Device's password generation to not be based on a passphrase.
Select Fixed to use a 16 character passphrase for generating a password.
Select Variable to use a 16 to 63 character passphrase for generating a password.
For a fixed type passphrase enter 16 alphanumeric characters (0-9, A-Z, with no spaces). It
must contain both letters and numbers and is case-sensitive.
For a variable type passphrase enter 16 to 63 alphanumeric characters (0-9, A-Z, with no
spaces). It must contain both letters and numbers and is case-sensitive.
The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a wireless device is
associated. Wireless devices associating to the access point (AP) must have the same SSID.
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 English keyboard characters) for the wireless LAN.
Specify the maximum number of clients that can connect to this network at the same time.
Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot
obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
Select this check box to allow the Device to convert wireless multicast traffic into wireless
unicast traffic.
Specify the maximum rate for upstream wireless traffic to the WAN from this WLAN in
kilobits per second (Kbps).
Specify the maximum rate for downstream wireless traffic to this WLAN from the WAN in
kilobits per second (Kbps).
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