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y Preamble Type: It has two options: Long and Short. When clients (PCs) support the
Short setting, the WLAN can have a better performance in Short mode.
y MAX Associations Limit: It refers to the maximum number of connections. It is used to
set the upper threshold of WLAN clients connected to the gateway at the same time. A
maximum of 128 clients can connect with the gateway in wireless mode.
y Mode: It refers to the WLAN access mode. The gateway has two work modes, as shown
in the following table. The default setting is Access Point.
Mode Description
Wireless Bridge Two or more APs can connect with the gateway.
Access Point Only APs and wireless terminals meeting the IEEE 802.11b/g standard
can connect with the gateway.
y Bridge Restriction: It refers to the limitation on the peer MAC addresses. When the
setting is Disabled, the E960 can access all the remote bridges; when the setting is
Enabled, the E960 can only access the remote bridges whose addresses are in the
address list.
y Bridges: It refers to the physical address of the remote peer bridge. The gateway
supports point-to-point bridge mode and can connect with four remote peer bridges at the
same time.
y Peer MAC Address: It refers to the physical address list of the remote peer bridges. It
contains a maximum of four physical addresses.
y Link States: Up shows connection successful and Down shows connection failed.