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TELSTRA ELITE® GATEWAY USER GUIDE
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Option Description
Enable
Wi-Fi
AcheckboxthatenablesordisablesthewirelessLANinterface.Whenselectedthe
WebUIdisplaysHideAccesspoint,SSID,andCountysettings.ThedefaultisEnable
Wi-Fi.
Enable
SSID
Broadcast
DeselectEnableSSIDBroadcasttoprotecttheaccesspointfromdetectionbywireless
activescans.
TocheckAPstatusinWindowsXP,openNetworkConnectionsfromtheStartMenu
andselectViewAvailableNetworkConnections.Iftheaccesspointishidden,itwill
notbelistedthere.Toconnectaclienttoahiddenaccesspoint,thestationmustadd
theaccesspointmanuallytoitswirelessconfiguration.
Clients
Isolation
1. PreventsclientPCsfromseeingoneanotherinMyNetworkPlacesorNetwork
Neighborhood.
2. Preventsonewirelessclientcommunicatingwithanotherwirelessclient.
SSID
Setsthewirelessnetworkname.SSIDstandsforServiceSetIdentifier.Allstations
mustbeconfiguredwiththecorrectSSIDtoaccesstheWLAN.IftheSSIDdoesnot
match,thatuserwillnotbegrantedaccess.
Thenamingconventionsare:Minimumnumberofcharacters:1,maximumnumberof
characters:32.
BSSID
TheBSSIDisa48bitidentityusedtoidentifyaparticularBSS(BasicServiceSet)
withinanarea.InInfrastructureBSSnetworks,theBSSIDistheMAC(MediumAccess
Control)addressoftheAP(AccessPoint)andinIndependentBSSoradhocnetworks,
theBSSIDisgeneratedrandomly.
Country
Adrop-downmenuthatpermitsworldwideandspecificnationalsettings.Each
countylistedinthemenuenforcesspecificregulationslimitingchannelrange:US=
worldwide,Japan=1-14,Jordan=10-13,Israel=1-13
Max Clients
Wireless
- Guest /
Virtual
Access
Points
Themaximumnumberofclientsthatcanaccesstherouter.
ThisroutersupportsmultipleSSIDscalledGuestSSIDsorVirtualAccessPoints.To
enableoneormoreGuestSSIDsselecttheradiobuttonsundertheEnableheading.To
hideaGuestSSID,selectitsradiobuttonundertheHiddenheading.Dothesamefor
IsolateClient.Foradescriptionofthisfunction,seetheentryfor“ClientIsolation”in
thistable.Similarly,forMaxClientsandBSSIDheadings,consultthematchingentries
inthistable.
NOTE:RemotewirelesshostsareunabletoscanGuestSSIDs.
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