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Table 22 Network Setting > Wireless > Guest/More AP > Edit (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Passphrase Key
For a fixed type passphrase enter 16 alphanumeric characters (0-9, A-Z, with no spaces). It
must contain both letters and numbers and is case-sensitive.
For a variable type passphrase enter 16 to 63 alphanumeric characters (0-9, A-Z, with no
spaces). It must contain both letters and numbers and is case-sensitive.
Wireless Network Settings
Wireless
The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a wireless device is
Network Name
associated. Wireless devices associating to the access point (AP) must have the same SSID.
(SSID)
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 English keyboard characters) for the wireless LAN.
Hide SSID
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.
Multicast
Select this check box to allow the VMG to convert wireless multicast traffic into wireless
Forwarding
unicast traffic.
Guest WLAN
Select this to create Guest WLANs for home and external clients. Select the WLAN type in
the Access Scenario field.
Access
If you select Home Guest, clients connecting to the same SSID can communicate with each
Scenario
other directly.
If you select External Guest, clients are blocked from connecting to each other directly.
Move your mouse over the network icon next to the drop-down list box to view the
corresponding network topology.
Max. Upstream
Specify the maximum rate for upstream wireless traffic to the WAN from this WLAN in
Bandwidth
kilobits per second (Kbps).
Max.
Specify the maximum rate for downstream wireless traffic to this WLAN from the WAN in
Downstream
kilobits per second (Kbps).
Bandwidth
SSID Subnet
Select Enable if you want the wireless network interface to assign DHCP IP addresses to the
associated wireless clients.
DHCP Start
Specify the first of the contiguous addresses in the DHCP IP address pool.
Address
The VMG assigns IP addresses from this DHCP pool to wireless clients connecting to the
SSID.
DHCP End
Specify the last of the contiguous addresses in the DHCP IP address pool.
Address
SSID
Specify the subnet mask of the VMG for the SSID subnet.
Subnet
Mask
LAN IP
Specify the IP address of the VMG for the SSID subnet.
Address
Security Level
Security Mode
Select Basic (WEP) or More Secure (WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-WPA2-Personal) 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. 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 any data
encryption or authentication.
See
Section 7.2.1 on page 91
OK
Click OK to save your changes.
Cancel
Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.
Chapter 7 Wireless
for more details about this field.
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