Chapter 7 Wireless LAN
P-870HN-51D User’s Guide
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7.4.1 No Security
Select No Security to allow wireless devices to communicate with the access
points without any data encryption or authentication.
Bandwidth Select whether the P-870HN-51D uses a wireless channel width of 20MHz
or 40MHz.
A standard 20MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps
whereas a 40MHz channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds
of up to 300 Mbps.
40MHz (channel bonding or dual channel) bonds two adjacent radio
channels to increase throughput. The wireless clients must also support 40
MHz. It is often better to use the 20 MHz setting in a location where the
environment hinders the wireless signal.
Select 20MHz if you want to lessen radio interference with other wireless
devices in your neighborhood or the wireless clients do not support
channel bonding.
This field is available only when you set the 802.11 Mode to 802.11n
Only or 802.11b/g/n Mixed in the Advanced Setup screen.
Network
Name (SSID)
The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a
wireless device is associated. Wireless devices associating to the access
point (AP) must have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32
printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.
Note: If you are configuring the P-870HN-51D from a computer
connected to the wireless LAN and you change the P-870HN-
51D’s SSID or wireless security settings, you will lose your
wireless connection when you press Apply to confirm. You
must then change the wireless settings of your computer to
match the P-870HN-51D’s new settings.
Hide Network
Name (SSID)
Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a
station cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
BSSID This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the P-870HN-51D
when wireless LAN is enabled.
Security
Mode
See the following sections for more details about this field.
MAC Filter Click this button to go to the MAC Filter screen to configure whether the
wireless devices with the MAC addresses listed are allowed or denied to
access the P-870HN-51D using this SSID.
Apply Click this to save your changes back to the P-870HN-51D.
Reset Click this to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
Table 24 Network > Wireless LAN > General
LABEL DESCRIPTION
