Operation Manual

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will use the highest possible selected transmission rate to transmit the data
Preamble Type The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN compatibility while
reamble” can provide better wireless LAN performance.
Broadcast ESSID If you enable “Broadcast ESSID”, every wireless station located within
the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily.
If you are building a public wireless network, enabling this feature is
recommended. Disabling “Broadcast ESSID” can provide better
security.
IAPP If you enable “IAPP”, it will allow wireless station roaming between
IAPP enabled access points within the same wireless LAN.
802.11g Protection This is also called CTS Protection. It is recommended to enable the
echanism. This mechanism can decrease the rate of data collision betwee
802.11g wireless stations. When the protection mode is enabled, the
f the AP will be a little lower due to many of frame traffic should be
Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now
configure other advance sections or start using the router.
6.3 Wireless Security Options
This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN security functions, include WEP, IEEE
802.11x, IEEE 802.11x with WEP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. With these
security functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access. Please make sure
your wireless stations use the same security function.
6.3.1 WEP Encryption
When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You
can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can enter four WEP keys and select one of
them as default key. Then the router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four keys
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