User's Manual

Chapter 20 Wireless 155
SSID Enter a descriptive name for the wireless LAN.
BSSID This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the Device when wireless LAN is
enabled.
Country Select the country you have the Router in. This has the Router use the correct frequency
bands.
Channel Select an operating channel to use. The choices depend on your particular region. Either
select a channel or use Auto to have the Router automatically determine a channel to
use. If you are having problems with wireless interference, changing the channel may
help. Try to use a channel that is as many channels away from any channels used by
neighboring APs as possible.
Max Clients Set a limit for how many wireless clients can connect to the Router at a time.
Guest/Virtual
Access Points
Use this section to enable and configure multiple wireless networks on the Router.
Enabled Select this to activate the wireless network.
SSID The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a wireless device is
associated. Wireless devices associating to the access point (AP) must have the same
SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless
LAN.
Note: If you are configuring the Router from a computer connected to the wireless LAN
and you change the Router’s SSID or WEP settings, you will lose your wireless
connection when you press Save/Apply to confirm. You must then change the
wireless settings of your computer to match the Router’s new settings.
Hidden Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot
obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
BSSID This shows the MAC address of the wireless network on the Device when the wireless
network is enabled.
Select SSID Select an SSID for which to configure wireless security settings.
Network
Authentication
Use the strongest authentication method that the wireless clients all support.
WPA2-PSK uses a common password for all clients. While WPA2-PSK offers stronger
security, more wireless clients support WPA-PSK.
Choose Open to allow all wireless connections without authentication.
WPA/WAPI
passphrase
This field displays when you select WPA2-PSK
Use the automatically generated password or enter 16 to 63 alphanumeric characters (0-
9, A-Z, with no spaces). It must contain both letters and numbers and is case-sensitive.
Click the link to display the password.
WPA/WAPI
Encryption
Select the encryption type for data encryption.
Select AES if your wireless clients can all use AES.
Apply/Save Click this button to save your changes.
Table 90 Wireless 5GHz Basic (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION