Operation Manual

Chapter 5 Wireless LAN

NBG334S User’s Guide

Figure 35 Network > Wireless LAN > General

The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.

See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.

5.5.1 No Security

Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without

any data encryption.

" If you do not enable any wireless security on your NBG334S, your network is

accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.

Table 27 Network > Wireless LAN > General

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Enable

Wireless LAN

Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.

Name(SSID) (Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless

station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must

have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII

characters) for the wireless LAN.

Hide SSID Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station

cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.

Channel

Selection

Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.

Select a channel from the drop-down list box. The options vary depending on

whether you are using A or B/G frequency band and the country you are in.

Refer to the Connection Wizard chapter for more information on channels.

Operating

Channel

This displays the channel the NBG334S is currently using.

Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG334S.

Reset Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.