ZyXEL Communications NWA3160 User Manual

Chapter 8 Wireless Configuration

ZyXEL NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide

Figure 69   Wireless: Bridge/Repeater (NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 Only) 

The following table describes the bridge labels in this screen.

Table 37   Wireless: Bridge/Repeater (NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 Only)

Operating Mode

Select Bridge/Repeater in this field.

802.11 mode

Select 802.11b Only to allow only IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devices to 

associate with the ZyXEL Device.
Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to 

associate with the ZyXEL Device.
Select 802.11b+g to allow both IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g compliant 

WLAN devices to associate with the ZyXEL Device. The transmission rate of 

your ZyXEL Device might be reduced.
Select 802.11a (NWA-3160 only) to allow only IEEE 802.11a compliant WLAN 

devices to associate with the ZyXEL Device.

Choose Channel ID

Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region. 
To manually set the ZyXEL Device to use a channel, select a channel from the 

drop-down list box. 
NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 only: click MAINTENANCE and then the Channel 

Usage tab to open the Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is not 

already used by another AP or independent peer-to-peer wireless network. 
To have the ZyXEL Device automatically select a channel, click Scan instead. 

RTS/CTS Threshold

(Request To Send) The 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 256 

and 2346.

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 an 

even number between 256 and 2346.