APC NetBotz 320 Rack Appliance NBRK0320E Manuel D’Utilisation

The following status information can be observed in the Wireless Status tab of the Edit Network Interface 
pane: Link Status, Link Quality, Like Rating, Link Speed, Link Frequency and WAP MAC.

When you are finished editing the network interface settings, click OK to save any changes to the 
appliance. Click Cancel to close this window without saving any changes.

Mode

Determines the wireless communication method to use within 
your wireless network. If your wireless network uses Wireless 
Access Points (WAPs), select Managed. If your wireless 
network does not use WAPs, select Ad-Hoc. If you are unsure 
of whether wireless access points are in use in your network, 
select Automatic and the adapter will attempt to determine if 
WAPs are present and self-determine its mode. 

Channel

The wireless channel on which the adapter will communicate. 
Wireless networking clients and WAPs within an ESS must be 
configured with the same ESS ID and the same channel.

Band

For wireless adapters that support multiple WiFi 
communication bands, specifies the wireless band that the card 
will attempt to use for communications. You can select:
Automatic: Searches first for 11a, then 11b, then 11g, and 
finally for 11a Turbo. The appliance will use the first band 
connection/ESSID match it discovers. 
• 11a: Looks for only 802.11a band connections
• 11b: Looks for only 802.11b band connections
• 11g: Looks for only 802.11g band connections
• 11a Turbo: Looks for only proprietary 802.11a band 

connection

Encryption

Use this drop box to specify Specify the type of encryption that 
will be used on the wireless transmissions. You can select 
WEP, LEAP, or None.
• If you select WEP, you must also specify whether an ASCII 

or Hex WEP Key will be used, as well as the WEP Key value.

• If you select LEAP, you must also specify the LEAP 

Username and Password that will be used.

Note: LEAP communications are supported only when used 
with Cisco 1200 Series AP 12.01T1 wireless access points.

MTU

Specifies the Maximum Transmission Unit, the largest physical 
packet size, measured in bytes, that a network can transmit. 
Any messages larger than the MTU are divided into smaller 
packets before being sent. 
Every network has a different MTU, which is set by the 
network administrator. Ideally, you want the MTU to be the 
same as the smallest MTU of all the networks between your 
machine and a message's final destination. Otherwise, if your 
messages are larger than one of the intervening MTUs, they 
will get broken up (fragmented), which slows down 
transmission speeds.