Help - Basic Wireless

 

Operation
Wireless Mode Select the desired option:
  • Disable - select this if for some reason you do not this AP to transmit or receive at all on the 2.4 GHz band.
  • Mixed 802.11n,802.11b and 802.11g - this is the default, and will allow connections by 802.11n,802.11g and 802.11b wireless stations.
Operation Mode
  • Access Point - operate as a normal Access Point
  • Bridge(Point-to-Point) - Bridge to a single AP. You must provide the MAC address of the other AP in the PTP Bridge AP MAC Address field.
  • Bridge(Multi-Point) - Select this only if this AP is the "Master" for a group of Bridge-mode APs. The other Bridge-mode APs must be set to Point-to-Point Bridge mode, using this AP's MAC address. They then send all traffic to this "Master".
    You should specify the MAC addresses of the APs which are allowed to connect to this AP. To specify the allowed APs:
    1. Click the button "Set PTMP APs".
    2. On the resulting sub-screen, enter the MAC addresses of the allowed APs.
  • Bridge(Point-to-Point) + Access Point - act as a normal Access Point and a Bridge(Point-to-Point).
  • Bridge(Multi-Point) + Access Point - act as a normal Access Point and a Bridge(Multi-Point).
Remote AP MAC
Address
This is not required unless the AP Mode is "Client/Repeater", "Universal Client" or "Universal Repeater". In this modes, you must provide the MAC address of the other AP in this field. You can either enter the MAC address directly, or, if the other AP is on-line and broadcasting its SSID, you can click the "Select AP" button and select from a list of available APs.
PTP Bridge AP MAC
Address
This is not required unless the Bridge Mode is "Point-to-Point Bridge (PTP)". In this case, you must enter the MAC address of the other AP in this field.
Set PTMP APs Use this to open a sub-window where you can specify the MAC addresses of the APs which are allowed to connect to this AP. This is only functional if using Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge (PTMP) mode and you have enabled the checkbox "In PTMP mode, only allow specified APs".

Parameters
Channel No
  • If "Automatic" is selected, the Access Point will select the best available Channel.
  • If you experience interference (shown by lost connections and/or slow data transfers) you may need to experiment with manually setting different channels to see which is the best.
Current Channel No. This displays the current channel used by the Access Point.

11n Parameters
Channel Bandwidth You can set the Radio Band to Standard - 20MHz Channel or Auto - 20/40MHz Channel.
Extension
Sub-Channel
You can set the extension Sub-Channel to Above or Below the Primary Channel