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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
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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Tel: +44 (0)1245 808295
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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.
4Gon
www.4Gon.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1245 808295
Fax: +44 (0)1245 808299
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Customizing Metro WLAN or Home WLAN Settings
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 Metro WLAN or Home WLAN Settings
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.
4Gon
www.4Gon.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1245 808295
Fax: +44 (0)1245 808299

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