Chapter 10 Wireless LAN
PLA4231 User’s Guide
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10.5 Wireless Security
The screen varies depending on what you select in the Security Mode field.
10.5.1 No Security
Select No Security to allow wireless clients to communicate with the access points without any
data encryption.
Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your PLA4231, your network is
accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.
802.11 Mode You can select from the following:
• 802.11b: allows either IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the PLA4231. In this mode, all wireless devices can only transmit at the
data rates supported by IEEE 802.11b.
• 802.11g: allows IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate with the Device.
IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devices can associate with the PLA4231 only when they
use the short preamble type.
• 802.11bg: allows either IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the PLA4231. The PLA4231 adjusts the transmission rate automatically
according to the wireless standard supported by the wireless devices.
• 802.11n: allows IEEE 802.11n compliant WLAN devices to associate with the
PLA4231. This can increase transmission rates, although IEEE 802.11b or IEEE
802.11g clients will not be able to connect to the PLA4231. I
• 802.11gn: allows either IEEE 802.11g or IEEE 802.11n compliant WLAN devices to
associate with the PLA4231. The transmission rate of your PLA4231 might be
reduced.
• 802.11 bgn: allows IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g and IEEE802.11n compliant WLAN
devices to associate with the PLA4231. The transmission rate of your PLA4231 might
be reduced.
Security Mode Select Static WEP, WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK to add security on this wireless network.
The wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have same wireless
security settings as this device. After you select to use a security, additional options
appears in this screen. See Section 10.5 on page 72 for detailed information on different
security modes. Or you can select No Security to allow any client to associate this
network without authentication.
Note: If the WPS function is enabled (default), only No Security and WPA2-PSK are
available in this field.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the PLA4231.
Cancel Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
Table 18 Network > Wireless LAN > General
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