Chapter 10 Wireless; Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter; What You Need To Know - ZyXEL Communications NXC5200 User Manual

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10.1 Overview

Use the Wireless screens to configure how the NXC manages the Access Point
that are connected to it.

10.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• The Controller screen
APs to connect to the network.
• The AP Management screen
APs connected to the NXC.
• The MON Mode screen
either to the rogue AP list or the friendly AP list.
• The Load Balancing screen
traffic load balancing between the APs and the NXC.
• The DCS screen
selection on managed APs.

10.1.2 What You Need to Know

The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.
Station / Wireless Client
A station or wireless client is any wireless-capable device that can connect to an
AP using a wireless signal.
Dynamic Channel Selection (DCS)
Dynamic Channel Selection (DCS) is a feature that allows an AP to automatically
select the radio channel upon which it broadcasts by scanning the area around it
and determining what channels are currently being used by other devices.
NXC5200 User's Guide
(Section 10.2 on page
(Section 10.3 on page
(Section 10.4 on page
(Section 10.5 on page
(Section 10.6 on page 173) configures dynamic radio channel
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Wireless
164) sets how the NXC allows new
165) manages all of the
167) allows you to assign APs
170) configures network
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