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Basic Settings
Basic Settings provides the essential configuration for your wireless radio and
SSIDs You should be able to set up your wireless network with these essential
parameters configured Advanced wireless settings such as Band Steering,
Channel Bandwidth, etc , will be on Configuration → Wireless → Advanced
Settings screen
Click Basic Settings on the Wireless menu
Figure 16: Basic Settings Screen
Data - Wireless Basic Settings Screen
Basic Wireless Settings
Enable Radio
Enable or disable the wireless radio
Wireless Mode
Select the desired option:
G only - allow connection by 802 11G wireless stations
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only
N only - allow connection by 802 11N wireless stations
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only
B/G-Mixed - allow connection by 802 11B and G wireless
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stations only
B/G/N-Mixed (Default) - allow connections by 802 11N,
•
802 11B and 802 11G wireless stations
Wireless Channel Select wireless channel of the radio
If Auto is selected, the access point will select the best
available channel when device boots up
If you experience lost connections and/or slow data
transfers, experiment with manually setting different
channels to see which is the best
SSID Settings
SSID Name
Enter the desired SSID Name Each SSID must have a
unique name The name includes 1 to 32 characters
Broadcast
Enable or disable the broadcast of the SSID
When the access point does not broadcast its SSID,
the network name is not shown in the list of available
networks on a client station In-stead, you must enter
the exact network name manually into the wireless
connection utility on the client so that it can connect
Isolation
Enable or disable isolation among clients of the SSID
If enabled, wireless clients cannot communicate with
others in the same SSID
Disabled by default
VLAN ID
Enter the VLAN ID of the SSID
Used to tag packets which are received from the wireless
clients of the SSID and sent from Ethernet or Workgroup
Bridge interfaces
Applicable only when VLAN function is enabled VLAN
function can be configured in Configuration → LAN →
Network Setup screen
Max Clients
Enter the number of clients that can connect to the SSID
The range is from 0 to 32, and 0 means no limit
CHAPTER 2 Access Point Setup
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