Wireless Settings; Basic - NetComm NTC-8000-01 User Manual

Wireless Settings

Basic

The Basic setup page allows you to configure the gateway's access point settings.
OPTION
Radio On/Off
Country
Network Mode
Frequency (Channel)
SSID
Activate this SSID
Broadcast SSID
Network Authentication
WPA Pre-Shared Key
WPA Group Rekey interval
WPA Encryption
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Figure 36 - Wireless Settings - Basic
WiFi is turned on by default. Changing this option to OFF will turn OFF the wireless functionality on the
NTC-8000-01 and you will not be able to connect wirelessly.
Select the country where the gateway is operating.
Depending on the capability of your wireless device's wireless network card select the network mode
to use. There are 5 available options. They are:
• 11 b/g mixed mode
• 11b only
• 11g only
• 11n only
• 11 b/g/n mixed mode
If you are not sure which protocol to use set this option to 11 b/g/n mixed mode.
The frequency or wireless channel that the gateway is broadcasting with. Recommended channels are
1, 6 or 11.
The SSID (Service Set Identifier) aka network name in use for the wireless network.
Enables or disables the wireless network selected in the SSID field.
Enables or disables the broadcasting of the SSID name. If this is disabled, clients must know the exact
SSID name to connect.
The wireless security settings for the gateway. Please see below for further details.
The wireless password in use by the gateway.
This is the time in seconds before a new key is generated.
The type of WPA encryption used with the wireless security settings.
Table 22 - Wireless Settings - Basic
DEFINITION
NTC-8000 – M2M Multi-Port Network Gateway
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