D-Link DWL-2210AP Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Setting the Wireless Interface

Wireless settings describe aspects of the local area network (

LAN

) related speciﬁcally

to the radio device in the access point (

802.11

Mode and

Channel

) and to the network

interface to the access point (

MAC

address for access point and wireless network name,

also known as

SSID

).

The following sections describe how to conﬁgure the “Wireless” address and related

settings on the D-Link DWL-2210AP:

• Navigating to Wireless Settings

• Conﬁguring the Radio Interface

• Conﬁguring “Internal” LAN Wireless Settings

• Conﬁguring “Guest” Network Wireless Settings

• Updating Settings

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Setting the Wireless Interface

Navigating to Wireless Settings

To set the wireless address for an access point, navigate to the

Advanced > Wireless

tab,

and update the ﬁelds as described below.

The following ﬁgure shows the Wireless settings page for a two-radio AP. The

Administration Web page for the single-radio AP will look slightly different.

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MAC Addresses

(Shown on two-radio AP only)

Mode

The

Mode

deﬁnes the

Physical Layer

(

PHY

) standard

being used by the radio.

Select one of these modes:

• IEEE

802.11b

• IEEE

802.11g

Channel

Select the

Channel

. The range of channels and the

default is determined by the

Mode

of the radio interface.

The

Channel

deﬁnes the portion of the radio spectrum

the radio uses for transmitting and receiving. Each

mode offers a number of channels, dependent on

how the spectrum is licensed by national and

transnational authorities such as the Federal

Communications Commission (FCC) or the

International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R).

The default is “Auto”, which picks the least busy

channel at startup time.

Conﬁguring the Radio Interface

The radio interface allows you to set the radio

Channel

and

802.11

mode as

described below.

Field

Description

Indicates the Media Access Control (MAC) addresses

for the interface.

A MAC address is a permanent, unique

hardware address for any device that represents an

interface to the network. The MAC address is assigned

by the manufacturer. You cannot change the MAC

address. It is provided here for informational purposes

as a unique identiﬁer for an interface.

Setting the Wireless Interface

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Conﬁguring “Internal” LAN Wireless Settings

The Internal Settings describe the

MAC

Address (read-only) and Network Name

(also known as the

SSID

) for the internal

Wireless LAN

(WLAN) as described below.

Field Description

MAC Address

Shows the

MAC

address(es) for Internal interface for this access point.

This a read-only ﬁeld that you cannot change.

Although this access is point is physically a single device, it can be

represented on the network as two or more nodes each with a unique

MAC Address. This is accomplished by using multiple

Basic Service Set

Identiﬁers

(

BSSID

s) for a single access point.

The MAC address(es) shown for the “Internal” access point is the

BSSID(s) for

the “Internal” interface.

For the two-radio AP, two MAC addresses are shown: one for each Radio

on the Internal interface.

SSID

Enter the

SSID

for the internal WLAN.

The

Service Set Identiﬁer

(

SSID

) is an alphanumeric string of up to 32

characters that uniquely identiﬁes a wireless local area network. It is also

referred to as the

Network Name

. There are no restrictions on the

characters that may be used in an SSID.

Field

Description

Setting the Wireless Interface

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Conﬁguring “Guest” Network Wireless Settings

The Guest Settings describe the

MAC

Address (read-only) and wireless network

name (

SSID

) for the

Guest Network

as described below. Conﬁguring an access point

with two different network names (SSIDs) allows you to leverage the Guest interface

feature on the D-Link DWL-2210AP. For more information, see “Setting up Guest

Access” in this manual.

MAC Address

Shows the

MAC

address for the Guest interface for this access

point. This is a read-only ﬁeld that you cannot change.

Although this access point is physically a single device, it can

be represented on the network as two or more nodes each with

a unique MAC Address. This is accomplished by using multiple

Basic Service Set Identiﬁers

(

BSSID

) for a single access point.

The MAC address(es) shown for the “Guest” access point is the

BSSID(s) for the “Guest” interface.

SSID

Enter the

SSID

for the

guest network

.

The

Service Set Identiﬁer

(

SSID

) is an alphanumeric string of up

to 32 characters that uniquely identiﬁes a wireless local area

network. It is also referred to as the

Network Name

. There are

no restrictions on the characters that may be used in an SSID.

For the guest network, provide an SSID that is different from the

internal SSID and easily identiﬁable as the “guest” network.

Field

Description

Updating Settings

To apply your changes, click

Update

.

Setting the Wireless Interface

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