ZyXEL Communications NXC5200 User Manual page 395

Table 143 Configuration > Object > AP Profile > Add/Edit SSID Profile (continued)
LABEL
QoS
Forwarding
Mode
VLAN ID
Hidden SSID
Enable Intra-
BSS Traffic
Blocking
OK
Cancel
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DESCRIPTION
Select a Quality of Service (QoS) access category to associate with this
SSID. Access categories minimize the delay of data packets across a
wireless network. Certain categories, such as video or voice, are given a
higher priority due to the time sensitive nature of their data packets.
QoS access categories are as follows:
disable: Turns off QoS for this SSID. All data packets are treated
equally and not tagged with access categories.
WMM: Enables automatic tagging of data packets. The NXC assigns
access categories to the SSID by examining data as it passes through it
and making a best guess effort. If something looks like video traffic, for
instance, it is tagged as such.
WMM_VOICE: All wireless traffic to the SSID is tagged as voice data.
This is recommended if an SSID is used for activities like placing and
receiving VoIP phone calls.
WMM_VIDEO: All wireless traffic to the SSID is tagged as video data.
This is recommended for activities like video conferencing.
WMM_BEST_EFFORT: All wireless traffic to the SSID is tagged as "best
effort," meaning the data travels the best route it can without displacing
higher priority traffic. This is good for activities that do not require the
best bandwidth throughput, such as surfing the Internet.
WMM_BACKGROUND: All wireless traffic to the SSID is tagged as low
priority or "background traffic", meaning all other access categories take
precedence over this one. If traffic from an SSID does not have strict
throughput requirements, then this access category is recommended.
For example, an SSID that only has network printers connected to it.
Select a forwarding mode for traffic from this SSID.
If you selected the Bridge forwarding mode, enter the VLAN ID that will
be used to tag all traffic originating from this SSID if the VLAN is
different from the native VLAN.
Select this if you want to "hide" your SSID from wireless clients. This
tells any wireless clients in the vicinity of the AP using this SSID profile
not to display its SSID name as a potential connection. Not all wireless
clients respect this flag and display it anyway.
When an SSID is "hidden" and a wireless client cannot see it, the only
way you can connect to the SSID is by manually entering the SSID name
in your wireless connection setup screen(s) (these vary by client, client
connectivity software, and operating system).
Select this option to prevent crossover traffic from within the same
SSID.
Click OK to save your changes back to the NXC.
Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving your changes.
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