User's Manual

Wireless-G Router User's Manual

Prevent: Select this to block wireless access by MAC address. This button is selected

by default.

Permit Only: Select this to allow wireless access by MAC address. This button is not

selected by default.

Edit MAC Filter List: Click this to open the MAC Address Filter List window. In

this window, you can list users, by MAC address, to whom you wish to provide or

block access. For easy reference, click Wireless Client MAC List to display a list of

current wireless network users by MAC address.

Click Save Settings to apply the new settings, or click Cancel Changes to cancel

any unsaved changes.

Wireless Page – Advanced Wireless Settings Panel

This panel is used to set up the router's advanced wireless functions. These settings

should only be adjusted by an expert administrator as incorrect settings can reduce

wireless performance.

Authentication Type: The default is set to Auto, which allows either Open System

or Shared Key authentication to be used. With Open System authentication, the sender

and the recipient do NOT use a WEP key for authentication. With Shared Key

authentication, the sender and recipient use a WEP key for authentication.

Basic Rate: The Basic Rate setting is not actually one rate of transmission but a

series of rates at which the router can transmit. The router will advertise its Basic Rate

to the other wireless devices in your network, so they know which rates will be used.

The router will also advertise that it will automatically select the best rate for

transmission. The default setting is Default, when the router can transmit at all

standard wireless rates from 1 to 54 Mbps. Other options are 1-2 Mbps, for use with

older wireless technology, and All, when the router can transmit at all wireless rates.

The Basic Rate is not the actual rate of data transmission. If you want to specify the

router's rate of data transmission, configure the Transmission Rate setting.

Transmission Rate: The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the

speed of your wireless network. You can select from a range of transmission speeds,

or you can select Auto to have the router automatically use the fastest possible data

rate, with auto-fallback. Auto-fallback will negotiate the best possible connection

speed between the router and a wireless client. The default value is Auto.

CTS Protection Mode: CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode should remain

disabled unless you are having severe problems with your Wireless-G products not

being able to transmit to the router in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic. This

function boosts the router's ability to catch all Wireless-G transmissions but will

severely decrease performance.