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Chapter 5 Wireless LAN
The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 19 Network > Wireless LAN > General
LABEL
Name (SSID)
Hide SSID
Channel Selection
802.11 Mode
Max. Number of
Wireless Stations
Allowed
Intra-BSS Traffic
Blocking
Security Mode
Encryption Type
Pre-Shared Key
Transmission (Tx)
Power
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DESCRIPTION
The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the Service Set with which a wireless client is
associated. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable characters found on a typical
English language keyboard) 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.
Otherwise, select Auto Channel to have the WAH7130 automatically choose the channel
with the least interference.
You can select from the following:
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11b Only: allows either IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the WAH7130. In this mode, all wireless devices can only transmit at
the data rates supported by IEEE 802.11b.
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11g Only: allows IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate with the Device.
IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devices can associate with the WAH7130 only when
they use the short preamble type.
•
11b/g Mixed Mode: allows either IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN
devices to associate with the WAH7130. The WAH7130 adjusts the transmission rate
automatically according to the wireless standard supported by the wireless devices.
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11 b/g/n Mixed Mode: allows IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g and IEEE802.11n
compliant WLAN devices to associate with the WAH7130. The transmission rate of
your WAH7130 might be reduced.
Select a number (from 1 to 10) to limit the number of wireless clients which can access
your wireless network.
A Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireless clients or
between a wireless client and a wired network client go through one access point (AP).
Select this option to block traffic between wireless clients in the BSS. Wireless clients can
still access the wired network but cannot communicate with each other.
Select 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.
Or you can select No Security to allow any client to associate this network without
authentication.
Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your WAH7130, your network is
accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.
Select the encryption protocol (TKIP, AES-CCMP or Auto) for data encryption.
Select AES-CCMP if your wireless clients can all use AES-CCMP. Otherwise, select TKIP
or select Auto to allow the wireless clients to use either TKIP or AES-CCMP.
WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK uses a simple common password for authentication.
Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including spaces and
symbols).
Type a pre-shared key less than 64 case-sensitive HEX characters ("0-9", "A-F").
Set the output power of the WAH7130.
It is suggested that you select Low to decrease the output power of the WAH7130 to
save battery power and reduce interference with nearby APs (if any).
WAH7130 User's Guide
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