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Data Rate The “Data Rate” is the rate this access point uses to transmit data
packets. The access point will use the highest possible selected
transmission rate to transmit the data packets.
Preamble Type The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN compatibility
while the “Short Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN
performance.
Broadcast ESSID If you enable “Broadcast ESSID”, every wireless station located
within the coverage of this access point can discover this access point
easily. If you are building a public wireless network, enabling this
feature is recommended. Disabling “Broadcast ESSID” can provide
better security.
IAPP If you enable “IAPP”, it will allow wireless station roaming between
IAPP enabled access points within the same wireless LAN.
802.11g Protection This is also called CTS Protection. It is recommended to enable the
protection mechanism. This mechanism can decrease the rate of
data collision between 802.11b and 802.11g wireless stations. When
the protection mode is enabled, the throughput of the AP will be a
little lower due to many of frame traffic should be transmitted.
Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now
configure other advance sections or start using the router.
7.3 Wireless Security Options
This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN security functions, include WEP, IEEE
802.11x, IEEE 802.11x with WEP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. With
these security functions, you can prevent your wireless LAN from illegal access. Please make
sure your wireless stations use the same security function.
7.3.1 WEP Encryption
When you select 64-bit or 128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to encrypt data. You
can generate the key by yourself and enter it. You can enter four WEP keys and select one of
them as default key. Then the router can receive any packets encrypted by one of the four
keys