Wireless Multimedia (Wmm) - Motorola Netopia Embedded Software Handbook

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Enabling Closed System Mode on your wireless Gateway provides another level of security, since your
wireless LAN will no longer appear as an available access point to client PCs that are casually scanning for one.
Your own wireless network clients, however, must log into the wireless LAN by using the exact SSID of the
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Motorola Netopia Gateway.
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In addition, if you have enabled WEP encryption on the Motorola Netopia Gateway, your network clients must
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also have WEP encryption enabled, and must have the same WEP encryption key as the Motorola Netopia
Gateway.
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Once the Motorola Netopia Gateway is located by a client computer, by setting the client to a matching SSID,
the client can connect immediately if WEP is not enabled. If WEP is enabled then the client must also have WEP
enabled and a matching WEP key.
Wireless client cards from different manufacturers and different operating systems accomplish connecting to a
wireless LAN and enabling WEP in a variety of ways. Consult the documentation for your particular wireless card
and/or operating system.

Wireless Multimedia (WMM)

Wireless Multimedia is an advanced feature that allows you to prioritize various types of data travelling over the
wireless network. Certain types of data that are sensitive to delays, such as voice or video, must be prioritized
ahead of other, less delay-sensitive types, such as email.
Wireless Multimedia implements wireless Quality of Service (QoS) by transmitting data depending on Diffserv
priority settings. See "Diffserv Options" on page 2-22. These priorities are mapped into four Access Categories
(AC), in increasing order of priority:
• Background (BK),
• Best Effort (BE),
• Video (VI), and
• Voice (VO).
It requires Wireless Multimedia (WMM)-capable clients, usually a separate feature enabled at the client network
settings, and client PC software that makes use of Differentiated Services (Diffserv). Refer to your operating
system instructions for enabling Diffserv QoS.