Chapter 8 - Setting Up Wireless Features; Setting Up Wi-Fi Access Point; Setting Security Options - Multitech MultiConnect rCell 100 User Manual

SETTING UP WIRELESS FEATURES
Chapter 8 – Setting Up Wireless Features

Setting Up Wi-Fi Access Point

If you ordered a device with Wi-Fi capability, your router can be configured as a wireless access point (AP). This
allows Wi-Fi enabled devices to connect to the router using Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi access point can have up to 8 clients
at a time. To set up your router as an access point:
1. Go to Wireless > Wi-Fi to display the Wi-Fi window.
2. From the Wi-Fi Mode dropdown list, select Access Point.
3. To set the SSID (service set identifier) for the access point supported by your router, in the SSID field,
type the name. The Wi-Fi devices look for this ID in order to join the wireless network. All wireless
devices on a WLAN must use the same SSID in order to communicate with the access point.
4. To specify the data rates supported, in the Network Mode drop-down list, select the desired option.
Possible values are B/G/N-Mixed, B/G-Mixed, B-Only, and N-Only.
5. From the Channel drop-down list, select the channel on which the router operates. Channels 1-11 are
available.
6. In the Beacon Interval field, enter the period of time, in milliseconds, when the access point sends a
beacon packet. Beacons help synchronize a wireless network. For most applications, the default value of
100 provides good performance.
7. In the DTIM Interval field, enter how often a beacon frame includes a Delivery Traffic Indication Message,
and this number is included in each beacon frame. It is generated within the periodic beacon at a
frequency specified by the DTIM Interval. A delivery traffic indication message is a kind of traffic
indication message (TIM) which informs the clients about the presence of buffered multicast/broadcast
data on the access point. The default value of 1 provides good performance for most applications. You
might want to increase this value when using battery powered Wi-Fi devices, which can sleep (at reduced
power consumption) during the longer DTIM interval period. You must balance the power savings from
increasing the DTIM interval against possible reduced communication throughput.
8. In the RTS Threshold field, type the frame size at which the AP transmissions must use the RTS/CTS
protocol. This is often used to solve hidden node problems. Using a small value causes RTS packets to be
sent more often, consuming more of the available bandwidth. However, the more RTS packets that are
sent, the quicker the system can recover from interference or collisions.
For related information, see
Network.

Setting Security Options

You can specify the security protocol that the router uses to secure the communications from the router to the
connected devices.
1. From the Mode drop-down list, select the security protocol you want to use. Options include:
None
WEP: Use Wired Equivalent Privacy protocol to allow a group of devices on the network to exchange
coded messages.
WPA-PSK: Use Wi-Fi protected access to secure data exchanged on your network.
WPA2-PSK: Use Wi-Fi protected access version 2 to secure data exchanged on your network.
WPA/WPA2-PSK: Use Wi-Fi protected access version 1 and 2 to secure data exchanged on your network.
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Setting Security Options and Viewing Information About Wi-Fi Clients Using Your Wireless
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