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within coverage when they perform a scan to see what’s
available. When disabled, this SSID becomes invisible to any
wirelessclientswithin thecoverage.Manuallyenter theSSID
ifyouwanttoconnecttoit.
¾ Channel: For an optimal wire less performance, you may
selecttheleastinterferentialchannel.Itisadvis
ablethatyou
select an unused channel or “Auto” to let device detect and
selectthe bestpossiblechannelforyourwirelessnetworkto
operateonfromthedrop‐downlist.
¾ Channel Bandwidth: Select a proper channel bandwidth to
enhance wireless performance. When there are 11b/g and
11nwirelessclients,pleaseselec
t40Mfrequencyband;when
thereareonlynon‐11nwirelessclients,select20Mfrequency
band mode; when the wireless network mode is 11n mode,
pleaseselect20/40frequencybandtoboostitsthroughput.
¾ ExtensionChannel:Availableonly in 11b/g/nmixedmode.It
is used to ensure N sp
eed for 802.11n devices on the
network.
8.2Wireless‐Security
This section allows you to encrypt your wireless network to
block unauthorized accesses and malicious packet sniffing with
WEP,WPAandWPA2.Forbettersecurity,itisadvisabletousethe
WPA‐AESencryption.
8.2.1WPA‐PSK
The WPA protocol implements the majority of the IEEE
802.11i standard. It enhances data enc
ryption through the
TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol(TKIP)whichisa 128‐bitper‐packet
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