Operation Manual

Table Of Contents

LANCOM IAP-54 Wireless - LANCOM XAP-40-2 - LANCOM XAC-40-1

 Chapter 5: Advanced wireless LAN configuration

figured by a central WLAN-Controller. In this operating mode, no further

WLAN configuration is necessary as all WLAN parameters are provided by

the WLAN-Controller.

 In client mode, the device itself locates the connection to another Access

Point and attempts to register with a wireless network. In this case the

device serves, for example, to link a cabled network device to an Access

Point over a wireless connection. In this operating mode, parallel point-

to-point connections are not possible.

For further information please refer to section → Client Mode.

Physical WLAN settings

Along with the radio channels, the physical WLAN settings can also be used

to activate options such as the bundeling of WLAN packets (TX Burst), hard-

ware compression, or the use of QoS compliant with 802.11e. You also control

the settings for the diversity behavior here.

Logical WLAN networks

Each WLAN module can support up to eight logical WLAN networks for

mobile WLAN clients to register with. The following parameters have to be set

when configuring a logical WLAN network:

 The network name (SSID)

 Open or closed radio LAN

 Encryption settings

 MAC filter

 Client-bridge operation

 Filter settings

Point-to-point settings

The configuration of P2P connections involves setting not only the operating

mode but also the station name that the Access Point can connect to. Also,

the role as "Master" or "Slave" is set here.

Along with the settings for the Access Point itself, also to be defined is the

remote site that the Access Point can contact via the P2P connection.

For further information please refer to section → Point-to-point connections.