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The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 13 Network Setting > Wireless > General
LABEL
Wireless Network Setup
Wireless
Channel
more.../less
Bandwidth
Control
Sideband
Wireless Network Settings
Wireless
Network Name
(SSID)
Max clients
Maximum
Upstream
Bandwidth
Maximum
Downstream
Bandwidth
BSSID
Security Level
Security Mode
Apply
Cancel
VMG5313-B10A/-B30A Series User's Guide
DESCRIPTION
You can Enable or Disable the wireless LAN in this field.
Set the channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel or use Auto to have the VMG 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 VMG is currently using then displays next to this
field.
Click more... to show more information. Click less to hide them.
Select whether the VMG uses a wireless channel width of 20MHz or 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.
40MHz (channel bonding or dual channel) bonds two adjacent radio channels to increase
throughput. The wireless clients must also support 40 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. Set whether the control channel (set in the Channel field) should be in the
Lower or Upper range of channel bands.
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.
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).
This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the VMG when wireless LAN is
enabled.
Select Basic (WEP, 802.1X) or More Secure (WPA(2)-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 the VMG. When you select to use a security, additional
options appears in this screen.
Or you can select No Security to allow any client to associate this network without any data
encryption or authentication.
See the following sections for more details about this field.
Click Apply to save your changes.
Click Cancel to restore your previously saved settings.
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