Chapter 7 Wireless
VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide
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7.4
MAC Authentication
This screen allows you to configure the Device to give exclusive access to specific devices
(Allow)
or exclude specific devices from accessing the Device
(Deny)
. Every Ethernet device has a unique
MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six
pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You need to know the MAC
addresses of the devices to configure this screen.
Enhanced
Multicast
Forwarding
Select this check box to allow the Device to convert wireless multicast traffic into wireless
unicast traffic.
Guest WLAN
Select this to create Guest WLANs for home and external clients. Select the WLAN type in
the
Access Scenario
field.
Access
Scenario
If you select
Home Guest
, clients can connect to each other directly.
If you select
External Guest
, clients are blocked from connecting to each other directly.
Maximum
Upstream
Bandwidth
Specify the maximum rate for upstream wireless traffic to the WAN from this WLAN in
kilobits per second (Kbps).
Maximum
Downstream
Bandwidth
Specify the maximum rate for downstream wireless traffic to this WLAN from the WAN in
kilobits per second (Kbps).
BSSID
This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the Device when wireless LAN is
enabled.
E-mail notification when the wireless guest visit
Enable Email
Notification
Select this to have the Device e-mail you a notification when a wireless client is connected
to the wireless network.
Mail Server
Select a mail server for the e-mail address specified below.
If you do not select a mail server, e-mail notifications cannot be sent via e-mail. You must
have configured a mail server already in the
Maintenance
>
Email Notification
screen.
Email Title
Type a title that you want to be in the subject line of the e-mail notifications that the Device
sends.
Send
Notification to
Email
Notifications are sent to the e-mail address specified in this field. If this field is left blank,
notifications cannot be sent via e-mail.
Security Level
Security Mode
Select
Basic (WEP, 802.1X)
or
More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK)
to add security on this
wireless network. The wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have
same wireless security settings as the Device. After you select to use a security, additional
options appears in this screen.
Or you can select
No Security
to allow any client to associate this network without any data
encryption or authentication.
See
Section 7.2.1 on page 97
for more details about this field.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to exit this screen without saving.
Table 21
Network Setting > Wireless > Guest / More AP > Edit (continued)
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