User manual SITECOM WL-160

[. . . ] Wireless Network Broadband Router 54G WL-160 Full manual 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Minimum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Package Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You can refer to section 4. 3 "Security Settings" for how to set the parameters. WLAN MAC Clone MAC MAC address Set Security Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 25 3. 2 Advanced Settings You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this router. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Preamble Type . . . . . . You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on this router. Parameters Authentication Type Description There are two authentication types: "Open System" and "Shared Key". When you select "Open System", wireless stations can associate with this wireless router without WEP encryption. When you select "Shared Key", you should also setup WEP key in the "Encryption" page and wireless stations should use WEP encryption in the authentication phase to associate with this wireless router. If you select "Auto", the wireless client can associate with this wireless router by using any one of these two authentication types. "Fragment Threshold" specifies the maximum size of packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will result in bad performance. When the packet size is smaller the RTS threshold, the wireless router will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet. Fragment Threshold RTS Threshold 26 Beacon Interval The interval of time that this wireless router broadcast a beacon. Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network. The "Data Rate" is the rate this access point uses to transmit data packets. The access point will use the highest possible selected transmission rate to transmit the data packets. The "Long Preamble" can provide better wireless LAN compatibility while the "Short Preamble" can provide better wireless LAN performance. If you enable "Broadcast ESSID", every wireless station located within the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily. If you are building a public wireless network, enabling this feature is recommended. Disabling "Broadcast ESSID" can provide better security. If you enable "IAPP", it will allow wireless station roaming between IAPP enabled access points within the same wireless LAN. It is recommended to enable the protection mechanism. This mechanism can decrease the rate of data collision between 802. 11b and 802. 11g wireless stations. When the protection mode is enabled, the throughput of the AP will be a little lower due to many of frame traffic should be transmitted. Data Rate Preamble Type Broadcast ESSID IAPP 802. 11g Protection Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router. 27 3. 3 Security This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN security functions, include WEP, IEEE 802. 11x, IEEE 802. 11x with WEP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. [. . . ] MAC Address: MAC stands for Media Access Control. A MAC address is the hardware address of a device connected to a network. The MAC address is a unique identifier for a device with an Ethernet interface. It is comprised of two parts: 3 bytes of data that corresponds to the Manufacturer ID (unique for each manufacturer), plus 3 bytes that are often used as the product's serial number. [. . . ]