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Parameters

Default

Description

Enable or disable

Enable

You can select to enable or disable the wireless

access point module of this router.

Wireless module

function

Click <

Apply>

at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now

configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place)

2.4.1 Basic Settings

You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this router. The

parameters include Mode, ESSID, Channel Number and Associated Client.

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Setting Page

Parameters

Default

Description

Mode

It allows you to set the AP to AP, Station, Bridge

or WDS mode.

Band

It allows you to set the AP fix at 802.11b or

802.11g mode. You also can select B+G mode

to allow the AP select 802.11b and 802.11g

connection automatically.

ESSID

default

This is the name of the wireless LAN. All the

devices in the same wireless LAN should have

the same ESSID.

Channel Number

11

The channel used by the wireless LAN. All

devices in the same wireless LAN should

use the same channel.

Associated Clients

Click

“

Show Active Clients

”

button, then an

“

Active Wireless Client Table

”

will pop up. You

can see the status of all active wireless stations

that are connecting to the access point.

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WLAN MAC

This is the MAC address used by the

Wireless interface of this AP when it is in

the station modes.

Clone MAC

Click the

“

Clone MAC

”

button will copy the

MAC address of your PC, that you are using

to configure the AP, to the WLAN MAC.

MAC address

If you want to bridge more than one networks

together with wireless LAN, you have to set this

access point to

“

AP Bridge-Point to Point mode

”

,

“

AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode

”

or

“

AP

Bridge-WDS mode

”

. You have to enter the MAC

addresses of other access points that join the

bridging work.

Set Security

Click the

“

Set Security

”

button, then a

“

WDS Security Settings

”

will pop up. You

can set the security parameters used to

bridge access points together here when

your AP is in AP Bridge modes. You can

refer to section 4.3

“

Security Settings

”

for

how to set the parameters.

Click <

Apply>

at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now

configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place)

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2.4.2 Advanced Settings

You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this router. The parameters include

Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Preamble

Type

……

You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the

changes will have on this router.

Parameters

Default

Description

Authentication Type

There are two authentication types: "Open

System" and "Shared Key". When you select

"Open System", wireless stations can associate

with this wireless router without WEP encryption.

When you select "Shared Key", you should also

setup WEP key in the "Encryption" page and

wireless stations should use WEP encryption in

the authentication phase to associate with this

wireless router. If you select "Auto", the wireless

client can associate with this wireless router by

using any one of these two authentication types.

Fragment Threshold

"Fragment Threshold" specifies the maximum

size of packet during the fragmentation of data

to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it

will result in bad performance.

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RTS Threshold

When the packet size is smaller the RTS

threshold, the wireless router will not use the

RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet.

Beacon Interval

The interval of time that this wireless router

broadcast a beacon. Beacon is used to

synchronize the wireless network.

Data Rate

The

“

Data Rate

”

is the rate this access point

uses to transmit data packets. The access point

will use the highest possible selected

transmission rate to transmit the data packets.

Preamble Type

The

“

Long Preamble

”

can provide better

wireless LAN compatibility while the

“

Short

Preamble

”

can provide better wireless LAN

performance.

Broadcast ESSID

If you enable

“

Broadcast ESSID

”

, every wireless

station located within the coverage of this

access point can discover this access point

easily. If you are building a public wireless

network, enabling this feature is recommended.

Disabling

“

Broadcast ESSID

”

can provide better

security.

IAPP

If you enable

“

IAPP

”

, it will allow wireless station

roaming between IAPP enabled access points

within the same wireless LAN.

802.11g Protection

This is also called CTS Protection. It is

recommended to enable the protection

mechanism. This mechanism can decrease the

rate of data collision between 802.11b and

802.11g wireless stations. When the protection

mode is enabled, the throughput of the AP will

be a little lower due to many of frame traffic

should be transmitted.

Click <

Apply>

at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now

configure other advance sections or start using the router.