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Configuring the Access Point
Configuring Wireless Settings
Wireless
Availability
This option controls whether or not the wireless network is
available to users (Enabled or Disabled).
Broadcast SSID This option controls whether or not the WLAN SSID is visible to
anyone looking for wireless networks. Disabling (hiding) the SSID
requires the user to be told the correct SSID before they can
connect to your network.
SSID This is the publicly-broadcast “name” of your wireless network.
SSIDs can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters and are case-
sensitive. The maximum SSID length can only contain between 2
and 32 characters, including characters from ! (char 33) to ~ (char
126).
Threshold
Settings
This button opens a page where you can configure the Protection
Mode you activated on the Configuration > Wireless > Advanced
> Wireless [#] page. If Protection Mode is not active, ignore this
option.
For more information, see “Setting Threshold Options”
on
page 60.
Rate Limiting This button opens a page where you can configure upload and
download limits per station. For more information, see “Rate
Limiting” on page 61.
Access Control This button opens a page where you can configure access controls
for the WLAN. For more information, see “Controlling Access to
the Wireless Network” on page 62.
Packet Forward Isolated: Selecting Isolated causes the traffic from this WLAN to
terminate at the Access Point.
Bridge to WAN: The default setting, Bridge to WAN forwards
packets arriving on this WLAN to the WAN (uplink) port and
eventually to their external destinations using Layer 2 forwarding.
Local Subnet NAT and Route to WAN: This setting allows
routing of wireless packets to their destinations using Layer 3
network address translation (NAT).
Bridge to L2TP Tunnel: Uses Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol to deliver
packets encapsulated with an L2TP header in UDP datagrams.
Hotspot Service Select a Hotspot configuration from the list to enable Hotspot
service on this WLAN, if you have configured it from the
Configuration > Hotspot page. See “Configuring the Hotspot
Service” on page 70.
Local Subnet This option appears if you have selected Local Subnet NAT and
Route to WAN under Packet Forwarding, and allows you to
choose which subnet this WLAN’s traffic will be part of. You must
have previously configured a subnet from the Configuration >
Local Subnets page before it becomes available here.