Settings For The Wireless Lan - Lancom OAP-54 Manual

In the managed mode the LANCOM Wireless Routers and LANCOM
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Access Points automatically receive the same root password as the
WLAN-Controller, assuming that no root password has been set in the
device itself.
3.1.3

Settings for the wireless LAN

There is a handy installation wizard to help you with the LANCOM Access
Point's wireless LAN configuration. After performing the basic configuration
please execute the wizard to configure the wireless LAN interface
configuration with the wizards in LANconfig').
Network name (SSID)
The Basic Settings Wizard prompts for the access point's network name (fre-
quently referred to as SSID – Service Set Identifier). The name is of your own
choice. Several access points with the same name form a common wireless
LAN.
Open or closed wireless LAN?
Mobile wireless devices select the desired wireless LAN by specifying the net-
work name. Two methods serve to facilitate the specification of network
name:
Mobile wireless devices can search ("scan") the vicinity for wireless LANs
and offer the wireless LANs they find in a list for selection.
By using the network name 'ANY' the mobile wireless device registers with
the nearest available wireless LAN.
The wireless LAN can be "closed" in order to prevent this procedure. In this
case it will not accept any devices attempting to register with the network
name 'ANY'.
Selecting a radio channel
The access point operates in a specific radio channel. The radio channel is
selected from a list of up to 13 channels in the 2.4 frequency band or up to 19
channels in the 5 GHz frequency band (individual radio channels are blocked
in some countries. Please refer to the appendix for more details).
The channel and frequency range used determine the operation if the com-
mon wireless standard, with the 5 GHz frequency range corresponding to the
IEEE 802.11a/h standard and the 2.4 GHz frequency range determining ope-
ration in the IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b standards.
LANCOM OAP-54 Wireless and LANCOM OAP-310agn Wireless
Chapter 3: Basic configuration
(→ 'WLAN
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