3Com Corporation WL306 Manuel D’Utilisation

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be set to Diversity Off. Generally, if the access point is using the standard 
detachable antennas, this parameter should be set to Diversity On to maximize 
the transmission and reception qualities of using both antennas. 

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Transmit Power—You can adjust the transmit power between these settings:

High: +18 dBm at the connector

Medium: +13 dBm at the connector

Low: +7 dBm at the connector

These settings may need to be adjusted for compatibility with different types of 
external antennas that have different gains. These adjustments may be 
required to be legally compliant with the communications regulations in certain 
countries. For example, if you are using a high-gain antenna such as the 
optional flat-panel directional antenna (model 3CWE498) in the United States, 
Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Taiwan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Colombia, 
India, and Peru, no transmit power restrictions apply. If you are using it in any 
other country, however, you must manually select Low or Medium power.

The Advanced Settings page provides additional features for controlling 
client access and communications among clients.

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Load Balancing—Allows you to specify the maximum number of clients that 
can associate with the access point at the same time. To specify a number, click 
On, enter a number between 1 and 256, and click Save. To disable load 
balancing, click Off. When load balancing is Off (the default) up to 256 clients 
can associate with the access point. If you specify a small number of clients, it is 
recommended that you also choose the shortest possible time in the Client List 
Timeout setting.

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Client-to-Client Blocking—When this setting is On, clients associating with 
the access point are prevented from communicating with one another, 
providing client privacy in public access situations. When this setting is Off, 
clients associating with the access point can communicate.

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Client List Timeout—This setting determines the length of time a client 
remains in the access point’s list of associated clients after ending the 
association. You can choose a timeout setting from the list. It is recommended 
that you choose the shortest possible timeout setting, especially if you have 
specified a small number of clients in the Load Balancing setting.

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Broadcast WLAN Service Area Name (ESSID)—When this mode is enabled 
(the default mode), the access point WLAN service area is visible to 
wireless clients. 

When this mode is disabled, the access point WLAN service area is invisible to 
wireless clients. Clients that support association with access points in privacy 
mode can associate with the access point by specifying the access point’s 
Wireless LAN Service Area.

Click On to enable broadcasting. Click Off to disable broadcasting. 

The Encryption page lets you select the type of security to be used on the access 
point. The page is divided into Security Settings, which determine the type of 
access authentication, and Access Point Encryption Settings, which determine the