PMG5317-T20A User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 7
Wireless
7.1 Overview
This chapter describes the GPON Device’s Network Setting > Wireless screens. Use these
screens to set up your GPON Device’s wireless connection.
7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
This section describes the GPON Device’s Wireless screens. Use these screens to set up your GPON
Device’s wireless connection.
•Use the General screen to enable the Wireless LAN, enter the SSID and select the wireless
security mode (Section 7.2 on page 83).
•Use the Guest/More AP screen to set up multiple wireless networks on your GPON Device
(Section 7.3 on page 88).
•Use the MAC Authentication screen to allow or deny wireless clients based on their MAC
addresses from connecting to the GPON Device (Section 7.4 on page 91).
•Use the WPS screen to enable or disable WPS, view or generate a security PIN (Personal
Identification Number) (Section 7.5 on page 92).
•Use the WMM screen to enable Wi-Fi MultiMedia (WMM) to ensure quality of service in wireless
networks for multimedia applications (Section 7.6 on page 94).
•Use the Others screen to configure wireless advanced features, such as the RTS/CTS Threshold
(Section 7.7 on page 95).
•Use the Channel Status screen to scan wireless LAN channel noises and view the results
(Section 7.8 on page 96).
7.1.2 What You Need to Know
Wireless Basics
“Wireless” is essentially radio communication. In the same way that walkie-talkie radios send and
receive information over the airwaves, wireless networking devices exchange information with one
another. A wireless networking device is just like a radio that lets your computer exchange
information with radios attached to other computers. Like walkie-talkies, most wireless networking
devices operate at radio frequency bands that are open to the public and do not require a license to
use. However, wireless networking is different from that of most traditional radio communications in
that there a number of wireless networking standards available with different methods of data
encryption.
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