Cisco WAP2000 User Guide - Page 16

Chapter 5 Advanced Configuration Wireless > Wireless Connection Control This screen allows you to configure the Connection Control List to either permit or block specific wireless client devices connecting to (associating with) the Access Point. Change these settings as described here and click Apply to save your changes. Help information is available on the right side of the screen. Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings This screen allows you to configure the advanced wireless settings for the Access Point. Linksys recommends letting the Access Point automatically adjust the parameters for maximum data throughput. Wireless > Wireless Connection Control Select SSID Select the SSID of the wireless network that you want to use wireless connection control on. Connection Control Enable or disable wireless connection control. The default is set to Disable. When connection control is enabled, the following options are available: • Allow only following MAC addresses to connect to wireless network When this option is selected, only devices with a MAC address specified in the Connection Control List can connect to the Access Point. • Prevent following MAC addresses from connecting to wireless network When this option is selected, devices with a MAC address specified in the Connection Control List will not be allowed to connect to the Access Point. Wireless Client List Instead of manually entering the MAC addresses of each client, the Access Point provides a convenient way to select a specific client device from the client association table. Click this button and a window appears to let you select a MAC address from the table. The selected MAC address will be entered into the Connection Control List. Wireless Client List Connection Control List MAC 01-16 Enter the MAC addresses of the wireless client devices you want to control. Wireless-G Access Point with Power Over Ethernet Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings CTS Protection Mode CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode function boosts the Access Point's ability to catch all wireless transmissions, but will severely decrease performance. Auto allows the Access Point to use this feature as needed, when Wireless-G products are not able to transmit to the Access Point in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic. This option is Disabled by default. BSSBasicRateSet This setting is a series of rates that are advertised to other wireless devices as defined in IEEE 802.11 specifications, so they know which data rates the Access Point can support. One of the rates is picked from the list for transmitting control frames, broadcast/ multicast frames, or ACK frames. To support both 802.11b & 802.11g devices, use the Default (Mixed) setting so that frames can be decoded by all devices. To support 802.11g devices only, use the All (G-only) setting to achieve higher frame rates. For regular data frames, the transmission rate is configured through the Tx Rate Limiting on the Wireless > VLAN & QoS tab. Power Output You can adjust the output power of the Access Point to get the appropriate coverage for your wireless network. Select the level you need for your environment. If you are not sure of which setting to choose, then keep the default setting, 100%. Beacon Interval This value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network synchronized. A beacon includes the wireless networks service area, the 12