Option
Description
Enable
A checkbox that enables or disables the wireless LAN interface.
Wireless
When selected, a set of basic wireless options will appear.
Hide Access
Select Hide Access Point to protect the access point from detection
Point
by wireless active scans. To check AP status in Windows XP, open
Network Connections from the start Menu and select View
Available Network Connections. If the access point is hidden, it
will not be listed there. To connect a client to a hidden access point,
the station must add the access point manually to its wireless
configuration.
Clients
When enabled, it prevents client PCs from seeing one another in My
Isolation
Network Places or Network Neighborhood. Also, prevents one
wireless client communicating with another wireless client.
Disable WMM
Stops the router from 'advertising' its Wireless Multimedia (WMM)
Advertise
functionality, which provides basic quality of service for
time-sensitive applications (e.g. VoIP, Video).
Enable
Select the checkbox to enable this function.
Wireless
Multicast
Forwarding
Enable WiFi
Select the checkbox to enable the WiFi button.
Button
SSID
Sets the wireless network name. SSID stands for Service Set
Identifier. All stations must be configured with the correct SSID to
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access the WLAN. If the SSID does not match, that user will not be
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granted access.
BSSID
The BSSID is a 48-bit identity used to identify a particular BSS
(Basic Service Set) within an area. In Infrastructure BSS
networks, the BSSID is the MAC (Media Access Control) address of
the AP (Access Point); and in Independent BSS or ad hoc networks,
the BSSID is generated randomly.
Country
Local regulations limit channel range: US/Canada = 1-11.
Max Clients
The maximum number of clients that can access the router.
Wireless -
This router supports multiple SSIDs called Guest SSIDs or Virtual
Guest /
Access Points. To enable one or more Guest SSIDs select the
Virtual
checkboxes in the Enabled column. To hide a Guest SSID select
its checkbox in the Hidden column.
Access Points
Do the same for Isolate Clients and Disable WMM Advertise.
For a description of these two functions, see the previous entries for
"Clients Isolation" and "Disable WMM Advertise". Similarly, for
Enable WMF, Max Clients and BSSID, consult the matching
entries in this table.
NOTE: Remote wireless hosts cannot scan Guest SSIDs.
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