Planet Technology WAP-1966 - Manual (Page 21)

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Basic Settings:
ESSID: ESSID is used by all wireless devices within the wireless network. The ESSID value
must be the same on all stations and Access points in this WLAN.
Channel: Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network
settings, between 1 and 13 (in ETSI). All wireless devices with the same ESSID will
automatically use this channel to communicate with this access point.
AP Name: Change the access point name here, if you want to set another name to this Access
Point. This will enable you to manage your access points with more ease if you have multiple
access points in the network.
Mode Settings:
Access Point: This mode is set to WAP-1966 by default. This connects your wireless PCs to a
wired network. In most cases, no change is necessary. Up to 63 wireless clients can be
connected through WAP-1966.
Access Point Client: A WAP-1966 set to AP Client mode is able to talk to one WAP-1966
functioning in AP mode and wireless client within its range. This mode allows your WAP-1966
client to be the wirelessly bridged to the main WAP-1966. When you select this mode, please
enter the MAC address of the main WAP-1966 into
“Remote AP BSS ID” field.
Wireless Bridge: This mode connects two physically separated LAN segments by using two
WAP-1966s. The remote WAP-1966 also needs to be set up as a Wireless Bridge. The
designated access point with which it communicates is identified by the
“Remote Bridge MAC”.
It corresponds to the MAC Address of the remote Wireless Bridge
Multiple Bridge: This mode allows you to construct a network that has multiple WAP-1966s
bridging multiple LANs wirelessly. For all bridged WAP-1966s, configure them in Multiple Bridge
mode and all the WAP-1966s must be configured on the same channel. You can have up to 14
WAP-1966 to be bridged together.
Repeater: This mode allows you to extend the range of your wireless network. When the AP is
configured to repeater mode, it will repeat the wireless signal from wireless client to access
point. Thus, the wireless connection distance can be extended. However, the performance
will become half of normal performance since the WAP-1966 use the same wireless channel to
receive and transmit. Besides, when the WAP-1966 is configured to repeater mode, you can
only manage the AP through LAN interface and the PC(s) connected to its LAN port can not
communicate with other wireless clients. You need to input the remote AP
’s MAC address is this
mode is enabled.
Advanced setting: when you press the “Advanced Setting” button, the dialog box below will
appear. You can set more details parameters in this screen.