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Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

P-660HWP-Dx User’s Guide

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Figure 62 Wireless LAN: General

The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.

See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.

7.4.1 No Security

Select No Security to allow wireless clients to communicate with the access points without
any data encryption.

Table 32 Wireless LAN: General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Setup

Active Wireless

LAN

Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.

Network Name

(SSID)

(Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless client

is associated. Wireless clients associating to the access point (AP) must have the

same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit English keyboard

characters) for the wireless LAN.

Note: If you are configuring the P-660HWP-Dx from a computer

connected to the wireless LAN and you change the P-
660HWP-Dx’s SSID or WEP settings, you will lose your
wireless connection when you press Apply to confirm.
You must then change the wireless settings of your
computer to match the P-660HWP-Dx’s new settings.

Hide SSID

Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station

cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.

Channel

Selection

Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the P-660HWP-Dx.

Cancel

Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

Advanced

Setup

Click Advanced Setup to display the Wireless Advanced Setup screen and edit

more details of your WLAN setup.

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