D-Link WAP54G - Manuel (Page 55)

Wireless-G Access Point
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Instant Wireless ® Series
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Before making any changes to the Advanced Wireless tab, shown in Figure 6-
13, please check your wireless settings on your other systems, because these
changes will alter the effectiveness of the Access Point. In most cases, these
wireless settings do not need to be changed.
• Authentication Type. The default is set to Auto, where it auto-detects for
Shared Key or Open System. Shared Key is when both the sender and the
recipient share a WEP key for authentication. Open Key is when the sender
and the recipient do not share a WEP key for authentication. All points on
your network must use the same authentication type.
• Transmission Rates. The default setting is Auto. The range is from 1 to
54Mbps. The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the speed
of your wireless network. You can select from a range of transmission
speeds, or you can keep the default setting, Auto, to have the Access Point
automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the Auto-Fallback
feature. Auto-Fallback will negotiate the best possible connection speed
between the Access Point and a wireless client.
Figure 6-13
Above the MAC Address fields, there is a pull-down menu. This pull-down
menu is for selecting the number of computers on your wireless network. For
computers one through ten on your wireless network, 1~20 is selected by
default. If you have more than twenty computers on your wireless network, use
this pull-down menu to select 21~40.
Then, type the MAC Address(es) you wish to filter in the MAC Address fields.
Do not use colons when entering the digits. Use a xxxxxxxxxxxx format with
the x’s representing the actual characters of the MAC address. If you want to
clear the MAC addresses you entered, click the Clear button .
When you’ve completed making any changes on this tab, click the Apply but-
ton to save those changes or Cancel to cancel your changes. For more infor-
mation on this tab, click the Help button.
Figure 6-12
The Advanced Wireless Tab