Specifications

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Chapter 3 Configuring the Radio and Basic Settings
Radio Configuration
• Frag. Threshold
• RTS Threshold
• Max. RTS Retries
• Max. Data Retries
• Beacon Period
• Data Beacon Rate (DTIM)
• Default Radio Channel
• Search for Less-Congested Radio Channel
• Restrict Searched Channels
• Receive Antenna and Transmit Antenna
The AP Radio Hardware page also contains links to the AP Radio Data
Encryption page and VLAN Setup page. The AP Radio Data Encryption page
allows you to enter Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) settings if you are not using
VLANs. The VLAN Setup page is used to configure WEP settings if you are using
VLANs.
Service Set (SSID)
An SSID is a unique identifier that client devices use to associate with the access
point. The SSID helps client devices distinguish between multiple wireless
networks in the same vicinity and provides access to VLANs by wireless client
devices. Several access points on a network or sub-network can share an SSID.
You can configure up to 16 separate SSIDs. The SSID can be any alphanumeric,
case-sensitive entry from 2 to 32 characters long.
Click more to go to the AP Radio Service Sets page where you can create
additional SSIDs. From this page you can also edit an existing SSID or remove
one from the system.
You can also enter this setting on the Express Setup and AP Radio Identification
pages.
Allow Broadcast SSID to Associate?
You use this setting to choose whether devices that do not specify an SSID
(devices that are “broadcasting” in search of an access point to associate with) are
allowed to associate with the access point.