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Configuring Wireless Settings

Setting Threshold Options

The following options allow you to fine-tune the “Protection Mode” behavior, set previously in the

Wireless :: Common workspace. After activating a Protection Mode, you can open each Wireless tab and

customize the threshold settings, that determine what is put in effect and when.

To customize Protection Mode (Threshold) settings, follow these steps:

1.

Open the Web User interface, and click

Wireless

under Configuration.

2.

When the Configure :: Wireless :: Common workspace appears, click the

Metro WLAN

or

Home WLAN

tab.

3.

Look for Threshold Settings and click

Edit Settings

.

Figure 37—

Configure :: Wireless: Advanced :: Metro WLAN threshold settings

4.

Note the

RTS/CTS Threshold

. The default value is

2346

. This option determines at what packet length the

RTS/CTS function is triggered. A lower threshold may be necessary in environment with excessive signal

noise or hidden nodes; but may result in some performance degradation.

5.

Click

Update Settings

to save and apply the changes. A confirmation message appears at the top of this

workspace.

6.

Click

Go back to Wireless Configuration

to reopen the previous workspace.

ALERT

Do not undertake the customizing of these options unless you are an experienced

network administrator or are under the guidance of an IT/support professional.

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Customizing Metro WLAN or Home WLAN Settings

1.

After opening the Web User interface, click

Wireless

under Configuration.

2.

When the Configure :: Wireless :: Common workspace appears, click either the

Metro WLAN

or

Home WLAN

tab.

Figure 38—

Configure :: Wireless :: Metro WLAN settings

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Customizing Metro WLAN or Home WLAN Settings

Figure 39—

Configure :: Wireless :: Home WLAN settings

3.

Make the following entries:

•

Wireless Availability

:

This option controls whether the wireless network is Enabled or Disabled.

If the wireless network is Disabled, it is not available to users.

•

Broadcast SSID

: (Home WLAN only) This option controls whether or not the SSID is visible

to anyone looking for wireless networks. Disabling (hiding) the SSID requires that the user be told

the correct SSID name before they can connect to your network.

•

SSID

:

This is the SSID that you use to connect to the Mesh network or your home wireless

network.

•

Preferred BSSID

: The MAC Address of the AP the Metro Broadband Gateway device should

connect to. To set this feature, see

"Setting the Preferred BSSID" on page 48

.

•

Preferred BSSID Mode

: This sets the

Preferred

/

Locked

mode for the preferred BSSID.

•

Under Preferred mode, the Metro Broadband Gateway will attempt to associate to the Preferred

BSSID first; if it is not available, the Gateway attempts to connect to the next available BSSID.

•

Under Locked mode, the Metro Broadband Gateway will only associate to the Preferred BSSID;

if the preferred BSSID is down, the Gateway will not attempt to connect to the next best network.

•

Threshold Settings

: This button opens a workspace where you can configure the Protection

Mode you activated in the Wireless :: Common workspace. If Protection Mode is not active,

ignore this option. For more information, see

"Setting Threshold Options" on page 45

.

•

Encryption Method

: By default, all data exchanges in your wireless network are not encrypted,

but you can pick an encryption method in this option, and use the extra workspace features that

appear to fine-tune the encryption. For more information, see either

"Customizing WEP

Encryption" on page 49

or

"Customizing WPA Encryption" on page 50

.

4.

When you are finished, click

Update Settings

to save and apply the changes. A confirmation message

appears at the top of this workspace.

5.

Click

Go back to Wireless Configuration

to reopen the previous workspace.

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Setting the Preferred BSSID

To set the Preferred BSSID, do the following:

1.

From the Metro WLAN tab view, click

Rescan

or

Last Survey

.

2.

From the “Site Survey” table, click the BSSID MAC address link of the preferred network. You are returned

to the Metro WLAN tab view and the Preferred BSSID field is populated with the selected MAC address.

3.

To change the Preferred BSSID Mode, select either

Preferred

(default) or

Locked

.

4.

Click

Update Settings

to save this configuration.

Last Survey and Rescan

The

Last Survey

button recalls information for discovered wireless networks from either initial

configuration or the last time you rescanned.

The

Rescan

option executes a new scan of the current environment to discover wireless networks, enabling

you to connect to a new wireless network, if necessary.

Click the SSID link from the “Site Survey” table under

Configure :: Wireless :: Last Site Survey

to

configure settings for that network.

Figure 40—

Last Site Survey SSIDs found

click a link to set the

Preferred BSSID

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Customizing WEP Encryption

To configure WLAN-specific WEP encryption settings, follow these steps:

1.

Open the Web User interface, and click

Wireless

under Configuration.

2.

When the Configure :: Wireless :: Common workspace appears, click either the

Metro WLAN

tab.

3.

When the workspace appears, open the

Encryption Method

menu and choose

WEP

. An additional set of

WEP-specific encryption options appear in this workspace.

Figure 41—

Configuring encryption - WEP

4.

You can make the following changes:

•

Authentication Mode

: Your options include:

•

Open: No security measure is enforced.

•

Shared Key: The selected Default Shared Key is used.

•

Auto: Automatically-selected authentication mode.

•

Encryption Strength

•

64 bit: Specify the key with 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII printable characters.

•

128 bit: Specify the key with 26 hexadecimal digits or 13 ASCII printable characters. The 128-bit

cryptography is stronger privacy protection for your network and is recommended if you use

WEP.

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