ZyXEL Communications 802.11b/g Wireless Access Point NWA-1100 - Manual (Page 64)

Chapter 6 Wireless Settings Screen
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The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 9 Wireless: Access Point
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Basic Settings
Operation Mode Select AP from the drop-down list.
SSID The SSID (Service Set IDentifier) identifies the Service Set with which a wireless
station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must
have the same SSID. Select an SSID Profile from the drop-down list box.
Note: If you are configuring the ZyXEL Device from a computer
connected to the wireless LAN and you change the
ZyXEL Device’s SSID or security 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 ZyXEL Device’s new
settings.
Hide SSID If you hide the SSID, then the ZyXEL Device cannot be seen when a wireless client
scans for local APs. The trade-off for the extra security of “hiding” the ZyXEL Device
may be inconvenience for some valid WLAN clients.
Channel Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
To manually set the ZyXEL Device to use a channel, select a channel from the
drop-down list box. Click MAINTENANCE and then the Channel Usage tab to open
the Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is not already used by
another AP or independent peer-to-peer wireless network.
To have the ZyXEL Device automatically select a channel, click Scan instead.
Wireless Mode Select 802.11b Only to allow only IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the ZyXEL Device.
Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the ZyXEL Device.
Select 802.11b+g to allow both IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN
devices to associate with the ZyXEL Device. The transmission rate of your ZyXEL
Device might be reduced.
Advanced
Settings
Beacon Interval When a wirelessly networked device sends a beacon, it includes with it a beacon
interval. This specifies the time period before the device sends the beacon again.
The interval tells receiving devices on the network how long they can wait in
lowpower mode before waking up to handle the beacon. This value can be set from
20ms to 1000ms. A high value helps save current consumption of the access point.
Intra-BSS
Traffic
When Intra-BSS is enabled, wireless client can access the wired network and
communicate with each other. When Intra-BSS is disabled, wireless client can still
access the wired network but cannot communicate with each other.
DTIM Interval Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM) is the time period after which broadcast
and multicast packets are transmitted to mobile clients in the Power Saving mode.
A high DTIM value can cause clients to lose connectivity with
the network. This value can be set from 1 to 100.
WMM Select this to turn on WMM QoS (Wireless MultiMedia Quality of Service). The
ZyXEL Device assigns priority to packets based on the IEEE 802.1q or DSCP
information in their headers. If a packet has no WMM information in its header, it is
assigned the default priority.