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NF1ADV User Guide
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BSSID
The BSSID is a 48bit identity used to identify a particular BSS (Basic Service Set) within an
area. In Infrastructure BSS networks, the BSSID is the MAC (Media Access Control) address
of the AP (Access Point) and in Independent BSS or ad hoc networks, the BSSID is
generated randomly.
Country
A drop-down menu that permits worldwide and specific national settings. Each country listed
enforces specific regulations limiting channel range. For Australia and New Zealand channels
are limited to numbers 1-13.
Max Clients
The maximum number of wireless clients that can be connected to the NF1ADV at any one
time.
Wireless Guest Network
The Guest SSID (Virtual Access Point) can be enabled by selecting the Enable Wireless
Guest Network checkbox. Rename the Wireless Guest Network as you wish.
Security
Wireless Security settings are used to prevent unauthorized connections to your network. This can be as basic as a neighbouring
user who detects and is able to connect through your wireless network, right through to actual malicious interference or ‘hacking’.
Whatever the case, it is a good practice to be aware of and to use wireless network security to safeguard your data and your
network.
Figure 15: Wireless - Security
FIELD
DESCRIPTION
Select SSID
Pre- configured to the default SSID of the NetComm Wireless settings. This field can be
changed in the Wireless > Settings section.
Network Authentication
The type of wireless security you prefer to use can be set using this field.
NOTE: The wireless security types available are listed in the order of level of security from
least (top) to most (bottom).
WPA/WAP! Passphrase
The case sensitive wireless password of your choice should be at least 8 characters in length
up to a maximum of 63 characters with both numbers and letters.
WPA Group Rekey Interval
The Group Key (Group Transient Key) is a shared key among all Supplicants connected to
the same AP, and is used to secure multicast/broadcast traffic. It is not used for normal
unicast traffic. A Pairwise Transient Key secures the unicast traffic.
Group Key Renewal controls how often the Group Transient Key is changed. The Group Key
Renewal does not control the update period for the Pairwise Transient Key. The Pairwise
Transient Key is changed each time the Supplicant authenticates, or re-authenticates.
WPA/WAPI Encryption
The type of WPA encryption the wireless security will use.
WEP Encryption
The option to use WEP encryption when the network authentication is set to Open. This is a
less secure type of encryption than WPA-PSK.
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