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6.3 Confi guring Wireless - Continued
The following table describes the options on the screen shown on the previous page.
Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.
(Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID identifi es the Service Set with which a
(Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID identifi es the Service Set with which a
wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the Wireless Router
(AP) must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit
ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.
If you are confi guring the WR3000 Wireless Router from a
If you are confi guring the WR3000 Wireless Router from a
computer connected to the wireless LAN and you change
the WR3000 Wireless Router’s ESSID or WEP settings, you
will lose your wireless connection when you press Apply
to confi rm. You must then change the wireless settings of
to confi rm. You must then change the wireless settings of
your computer to match the WR3000 Wireless Router’s new
Select this check box to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot
Select this check box to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot
obtain the ESSID through passive scanning using a site survey tool.
Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
To manually set the WR3000 Wireless Router to use a channel, select a channel from
the drop-down list box. Click
screen to make sure the channel is not already used by
another AP or independent peer-to-peer wireless network.
To have the WR3000 Wireless Router automatically select a channel, click
chapter for more information on channels.
Click this button to have the WR3000 Wireless Router automatically scan for and select a
Click this button to have the WR3000 Wireless Router automatically scan for and select a
channel with the least interference.
Enter a value between 0 and 2432. The default is
Enter a value between 0 and 2432. The default is
Enter a value between 256 and 2432. The default is
Enter a value between 256 and 2432. The default is
Enter a value between 256 and 2432. The default is
fragment size that can be sent.
to save your changes back to the WR3000 Wireless Router.
to reload the previous confi guration for this screen.
to reload the previous confi guration for this screen.
See the Wireless Security chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.
