Figure 24 Wireless LAN
The following table describes the fields in this screen.
Table 14 Wireless LAN
LABEL
Enable Wireless
LAN
ESSID
Hide ESSID
Channel ID
RTS/CTS
Threshold
Fragmentation
Threshold
Chapter 6 Wireless LAN Setup
DESCRIPTION
The wireless LAN is turned off by default, before you enable the wireless LAN you
should configure some security by setting MAC filters and/or 802.1x security;
otherwise your wireless LAN will be vulnerable upon enabling it. Select the check
box to enable the wireless LAN.
The ESSID (Extended Service Set Identification) is a unique name to identify the
Prestige in the wireless LAN. Wireless stations associating to the Prestige must
have the same ESSID.
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 characters).
Select Yes to hide the ESSID in so a station cannot obtain the ESSID through
passive scanning.
Select No to make the ESSID visible so a station can obtain the ESSID through
passive scanning.
The radio frequency used by IEEE 802.11b wireless devices is called a channel.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box.
The RTS (Request To Send) threshold (number of bytes) for enabling RTS/CTS
handshake. Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform the RTS/CTS
handshake. Setting this attribute to be larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC
service data unit) size turns off the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to
zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake.
Enter a value between 0 and 2432.
The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed
messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent.
Enter a value between 256 and 2432.
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