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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 32 Network > Wireless LAN > General
LABEL
Enable
Wireless LAN
Channel
Selection
Bandwidth
Control
Sideband
Network Name
(SSID)
Auto Generate
Key
Hide Network
Name (SSID)
Enable
Wireless
Multicast
Forwarding
(WMF)
BSSID
Security Mode
MAC Filter
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DESCRIPTION
Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.
Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Either 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.
Select whether the Device 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 field is available only when you set the 802.11 Mode to 802.11n Only or
802.11b/g/n Mixed in the Advanced Setup screen.
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.
This field is available only when you set the 802.11 Mode to 802.11n Only or
802.11b/g/n Mixed in the Advanced Setup screen.
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 printable 7-bit ASCII
characters) for the wireless LAN.
Note: If you are configuring the Device from a computer connected to the wireless
LAN and you change the Device's SSID or WEP settings, you will lose your
wireless connection when you press Apply to confirm. You must then change
the wireless settings of your computer to match the Device's new settings.
This is available when you use WEP or WPA(2)-PSK security. Select this option to
have the Device generate the wireless security key automatically.
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 transmit wireless multicast traffic.
This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the Device when wireless
LAN is enabled.
See the following sections for more details about this field.
Click this button to go to the MAC Filter screen to configure whether the wireless
devices with the MAC addresses listed are allowed or denied to access the Device
using this SSID.
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