Advanced Wireless Connection Settings; General Network Connection Parameters; Wireless Access Point - Option Audio GlobeSurfer 3G Reference Manual

802.11b/g wireless router and internet gateway

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4.3.3 Advanced Wireless Connection Settings

The following sections describe how to conﬁgure the advanced settings of your

wireless connection, which is only recommended for advanced users. These

settings are accessible from the Conﬁgure LAN Wireless screen (see ﬁgure 4.35).

The top part of the conﬁguration window displays general communication pa-

rameters. It is recommended not to change the default values in this screen un-

less you are familiar with the networking concepts they represent. Since your

GlobeSurfer 3G is conﬁgured to operate with the default values, no parameter

modiﬁcation is necessary. You can conﬁgure the following general connection

settings:

Schedule You can conﬁgure scheduler rules in order to deﬁne time segments

during which the connection is active. To conﬁgure scheduler rules click

the New link. To learn how to conﬁgure scheduler rules please refer to

Section 6.11.

Physical Address The physical address of the network card used for your net-

work. Some cards allow you to change this address.

MTU MTU is the Maximum Transmission Unit. It speciﬁes the largest packet

size permitted for Internet transmission. The setting Manual, allows you

to enter the largest packet size that will be transmitted. To have the

GlobeSurfer 3G select the best MTU for your Internet connection, select

Automatic.

Figure 4.46: LAN Wireless General Connection Parameters

SSID The SSID is the network name shared among all points in a wireless

network. The SSID must be identical for all points in the wireless net-

work. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters (use any of

the characters on the keyboard). Make sure this setting is the same for all

points in your wireless network. For added security, you should change

the default SSID (my-wlan) to a unique name.

SSID broadcast Select this checkbox to enable broadcasting of the SSID. Dis-

abling SSID broadcast is used in order to hide the name of the wireless

device from clients that should not be aware of its existence.

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