Billion BIPAC 5102 Series User Manual page 38

4.2.4.1 Wireless LAN-Wireless
ESSID: Enter the unique ID given to the Access Point (AP), which is already built-in to the
router's wireless interface. To connect to this device, your wireless clients must have the
same ESSID as the device.
Hide ESSID: 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.
Channel ID: The range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.11b wireless devices is
called a channel. Select a channel from the drop-down list box.
RTS/CTS Threshold: Enter a value between 0 and 2432.
Fragmentation Threshold: Enter a value between 256 and 2432.
WEP Encryption: To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data
transmitted over the network, the router offers highly secure data encryption, known as WEP.
If you require high security for transmissions, there are two alternatives to select from: 64-bit
WEP and 128-bit WEP. WEP 128 will offer increased security over WEP 64.
Select Disable to allow all wireless computers to communicate with the access points
without any data encryption. Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to use data encryption.
Key 1 to Key 4: Enter the key to encrypt wireless data. To allow encrypted data
transmission, the WEP Encryption Key values on all wireless stations must be the same as
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