ZyXEL Communications 2602HW Series User Manual

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Prestige 2602HW Series User’s Guide
Chapter 6 Wireless LAN Setup
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Figure 24   Wireless LAN
The following table describes the fields in this screen.
Table 14   Wireless LAN
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Enable Wireless 
LAN
The wireless LAN is turned off by default, before you enable the wireless LAN you 
should configure some security by setting MAC filters and/or 802.1x security; 
otherwise your wireless LAN will be vulnerable upon enabling it. Select the check 
box to enable the wireless LAN.
ESSID
The ESSID (Extended Service Set Identification) is a unique name to identify the 
Prestige in the wireless LAN. Wireless stations associating to the Prestige must 
have the same ESSID. 
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 characters).
Hide ESSID
Select Yes to hide the ESSID in so a station cannot obtain the ESSID through 
passive scanning. 
Select No to make the ESSID visible so a station can obtain the ESSID through 
passive scanning. 
Channel ID 
The radio frequency used by IEEE 802.11b wireless devices is called a channel. 
Select a channel from the drop-down list box.
RTS/CTS 
Threshold
The RTS (Request To Send) threshold (number of bytes) for enabling RTS/CTS 
handshake. Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform the RTS/CTS 
handshake. Setting this attribute to be larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC 
service data unit) size turns off the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to 
zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake. 
Enter a value between 0 and 2432.
Fragmentation 
Threshold 
The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed 
messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. 
Enter a value between 256 and 2432.