Motorola WR850GP User Manual

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Section 3

Configuration

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WR850

WIRELESS Page – All Configuration Options

Options related to:

ESTABLISHING YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK

Field Description

Wireless Interface:

(ADVANCED)

Sets the wireless interface to be configured.

NOTE: The WR850 currently offers only one interface; future

versions of WR850 hardware may include multiple wireless
interfaces.

FACTORY DEFAULT:

Built-in WR850 Wireless MAC address, as

printed on the product label as “Wireless MAC”.

Network Name

(SSID):

Sets the Network Name (also known as SSID, or Service Set

Identifier) of this wireless interface.
When a client looks to connect wirelessly to this WR850, this

SSID will be the identifier by which they recognize the network.
The SSID can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters.

FACTORY DEFAULT:

motorola + the Wireless MAC address

Network Type:

(ADVANCED)

Sets whether or not the WR850 openly broadcasts its SSID over

the wireless network, for clients to identify in passive scans.

Selecting

Open enables SSID broadcasting and

responses to passive scans by clients.

Selecting

Closed disables SSID broadcasting; the

WR850 will respond only to active scans by clients.

FACTORY DEFAULT:

Open

AP Isolation:

(ADVANCED)

Sets whether or not associated wireless clients will be able to

communicate with each other through the access point.

Selecting

On disables client-to-client communications.

FACTORY DEFAULT:

Off

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