ZyXEL Communications P-334W - Manual (Page 94)

Prestige 334W User’s Guide
7-6 Wireless Configuration and Roaming
Table 7-1 Wireless
LABEL DESCRIPTION
ESSID (Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID identifies the Service Set with which a
wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP)
must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII
characters) for the wireless LAN.
If you are configuring the Prestige from a computer connected to
the wireless LAN and you change the Prestige’s ESSID or WEP
settings, you will lose your wireless connection when you press
Apply to confirm. You must then change the wireless settings of
your computer to match the Prestige’s new settings.
Hide ESSID Select this check box to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot
obtain the ESSID through passive scanning using a site survey tool.
Choose
Channel ID Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box.
Refer to the Wizard Setup chapter for more information on channels.
RTS/CTS
Threshold Enter a value between 0 and 2432. The default is 2432.
Fragmentation
Threshold Enter a value between 256 and 2432. The default is 2432. It is the maximum data
fragment size that can be sent.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.
Reset Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
See the Wireless Security chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.
7.4 Configuring Roaming
A wireless station is a device with an IEEE 802.11mode compliant wireless adapter. An access point (AP)
acts as a bridge between the wireless and wired networks. An AP creates its own wireless coverage area. A
wireless station can associate with a particular access point only if it is within the access point’s coverage
area.
In a network environment with multiple access points, wireless stations are able to switch from one access
point to another as they move between the coverage areas. This is roaming. As the wireless station moves
from place to place, it is responsible for choosing the most appropriate access point depending on the signal
strength, network utilization or other factors.