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WIRELESS

- Basic

In basic setting page, you can set wireless Radio, Mode, Band, SSID, and Channel.

Radio:

You can turn on/off wireless radio. If wireless Radio is turned off, the

ENHWI-2AN3 will not take wireless connections.

Mode:

Three operation modes for selections, the

AP router

and

AP router

with WDS

. If you choose

AP Router

Mode, there will be two selections

under it, the

AP

or

WDS

function in the drop-down menu.

Band:

You can select the wireless standards running on your network

environment such as the following:

2.4 GHz(B):

If all your clients are using 802.11b

2.4 GHz(N):

If all your clients are using 802.11n

2.4 GHz(B+G):

If both 802.11b or a 802.11g

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2.4 GHz(G):

If all your clients are using

802.11g

2.4 GHz(B+G+N):

If your clients are mixed using 802.11b,

802.11g, or 802.11n

Enable ESSID:

ENHWI-2AN3 supports up to 4 SSID. Use the down arrow to

select the number of SSID you wanted to have in your wireless

LAN. Once established you can set the security policy settings

for each. See “Policy” section for more details.

ESSID1 to ESSID4:

ESSID is the name of your wireless network. It is

recommended to use a unique name to identify your wireless

device in the LAN. This is case sensitive and up to 32 printable

characters.

Auto Channel:

Disable by default. If Enabled will automatically search all

channels and automatically change to the clearest channel

detected. Different items are visible below the

Auto Channel

.

Channel:

Channel 11 by default.

This is visible only when the

Auto Channel

is

disabled. You can enter your preferred channel number here for the

ENHWI-2AN3 wireless LAN.

Check Channel Time:

This menu is visible only when the

Auto Channel

is

enabled. Selections are from One Hour to One Week.

This is the duration of when will the ENHWI-2AN3

check for and use the clearest channel in the area

automatically.

-

WDS with AP Router

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Wireless Distribution System. The WDS is a way of interconnecting wireless

routers and allow an extended wireless network coverage using multiple wireless

routers without the use of a wired backbone. Each WDS AP requires the same

channel and encryption type to work.

MAC address 1~4:

Please enter the MAC address of the neighboring APs that

participates in the WDS. A maximum of 4 devices are

allowed.

Set Security:

WDS Security depends on your AP security settings. Note: It

does not support

mixed mode

such as WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

Mixed mode.

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- Advanced

On this tab you can set the advanced wireless settings. If you’re in doubt what to

enter or use here, leave these settings as it is. This is for advance users only. Wrong

parameters can make the router un-operational.

Fragment Threshold:

Default value is 2346.Specifies the maximum size of a

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packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value

too low, it will result in a bad performance.

RTS Threshold:

Default value is 2347. When the packet size is smaller than

the RTS threshold, the wireless router will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to

send this packet.

Beacon Interval:

Default value is 100. This is the interval of time that this

wireless router broadcasts a beacon. A Beacon is used to synchronize the

wireless network.

DTIM Period:

Default value is 1. Enter a value between 1 and 255 for the

Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM is a

countdown informing clients of the next window for listening to

broadcast and multicast messages.

Data Rate:

The “Data Rate” is the rate that this access point uses to transmit

data packets. The access point will use the highest possible

selected transmission rate to transmit the data packets.

N Data Rate:

The “Data Rate” is the rate that this access point uses to transmit

data packets for N compliant wireless nodes. Highest to lowest

data rate can be fixed.

Channel Bandwidth:

This is the range of frequencies that will be used.

Preamble Type:

The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN

compatibility while the “Short Preamble” can provide better

wireless LAN performance.