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The value used for the radio interface on this station should be the same
for all wireless stations in the 802.11 network. Only stations configured
with the proper 802.11 Network Name will be able to connect to the
802.11 station's radio interface.
The Network Name can be any alphanumeric string in the range of "a" to
"z," "A" to "Z" and "0" to "9," and can contain from 1 to 32 characters.
If you wish to allow access to the wireless network to be open to all
wireless stations, the Network Name should be set to ANY.
Note: The Network Name is used only when the 802.11 radio interface
(for example, Orinoco) is set to run in IEEE 802.11ccess Point Mode.
Secure Data Mode No Base Stations-- Select this option to set your
802.11 device's radio card on this interface to run as a Secure Data Mode
Network without a Secure Data Mode Base Station (i.e. peer-to-peer).
Use this setting only in the rare instance when all Secure Data Mode
stations are able to "see" each other (i.e., there are no hidden nodes).
When all connected Secure Data Mode Stations are not able to "'see" one
another, this setting should not be used. In that case, you should set one
of your Secure Data Mode Station stations to Secure Data Mode Base
Station, and the others to Remote (Satellite) Secure Data Mode Stations.
APU Secure Data Mode-- Selecting this option sets the Secure Data
Mode Station to run as a Secure Data Mode Base Station over the 802.11
device's radio interface. Every system that needs to connect to the
wireless network must be able to connect to the Secure Data Mode Base
Station.
When you select this Base Station type, you must select one of the
Protocol Filtering Modes. The Protocol Filtering Mode determines how
the base will interact with the satellite (slave) stations. Is it recommended
that you use the Enable Filters between Slaves mode.
The possible base station modes are as follows:
Non-Polling Base Station
The non-polling Secure Data Mode Base Station Mode is provided
mostly for compatibility with older Secure Data Mode Networks, but
may give increased performance over other (polling) Secure Data Mode
Base Station modes in a lightly loaded network, or in a network with
only a few satellites.
WLAN Cable Access Point 6220 CSU NTPM99CA Rel 2.0 Issue 5 Dec 2005