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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 26 Network > Wireless LAN > General
LABEL
WLAN STA
Information
SSID
Security Mode
Operating
Channel
WLAN AP
Information /
Wireless Setup
Enable
Wireless LAN
Name(SSID)
Hide SSID
Channel
Selection
Auto Channel
Selection
Operating
Channel
Channel Width
Security
Security Mode
Apply
Reset
See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.
6.4.1 No Security
Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any
data encryption.
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DESCRIPTION
This section is available only when the NBG-418N is in universal repeater mode. This shows
the wireless and security settings of the selected AP wireless network.
This displays the Service Set IDentity of the wireless device to which you are connecting.
This displays the type of security configured on the wireless device to which you are
connecting.
This displays the channel used by the wireless device to which you are connecting.
Use this section to configure the wireless settings between the NBG-418Nand its wireless
clients.
Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.
(Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless station is
associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must have the same SSID.
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.
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.
Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box. The options vary depending on the frequency
band and the country you are in.
Refer to the
Connection Wizard
available if Auto Channel Selection is disabled.
Select this option for the NBG-418N to automatically choose the channel with the least
interference. Deselect this option if you wish to manually select the channel using the
Channel Selection field.
This displays the channel the NBG-418N is currently using.
Select whether the NBG-418N uses a wireless channel width of 20MHz, 40MHz or Auto
20/40MHz. 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. Because
not all devices support 40MHz channels, select Auto 20/40MHz to allow the NBG-418N to
adjust the channel bandwidth automatically.
Use this section to configure the wireless security between the NBG-418N and its wireless
clients.
Select Static WEP, WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK to add security on this wireless network. The
wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have same wireless security
settings as this device. After you select to use a security, additional options appears in this
screen. See
6.4.2
and
6.4.3
associate this network without authentication.
Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG-418N.
Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
chapter for more information on channels. This option is only
sections. Or you can select No Security to allow any client to
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