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Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 and WAC730 User Manual (Continued) Setting Description Broadcast Wireless Select the Yes radio button to enable the access point to broadcast its SSID, allowing Network Name (SSID) WiFi stations with a null (blank) SSID to adopt the access point's SSID. Yes is the default setting. To prevent the SSID from being broadcast, select the No radio button. Band Steering to 5GHz Select the Enable radio button to enable band steering from the 2.4 GHz band to the 5 This setting does not apply to 802.11a/a-na-ac GHz band. Band steering can reduce the client density in the 2.4 GHz band by steering dual-band-capable clients to the 5 GHz band, thereby increasing the WiFi network capacity. By default, the Disable button is selected and band steering is disabled. profiles. If you enable band steering, you can set the RSSI threshold. Rssi Threshold 5GHz (-100 to -10) This setting does not apply to 802.11a/a-na-ac profiles. The received signal strength indicator (RSSI) threshold applies only if you enable band steering. Enter the minimum RSSI value that a dual-band-capable client must be able to receive from a 5 GHz radio before the client is steered from a 2.4 GHz radio to the 5 GHz radio. You can enter a value from -100 to -10. The default value is -70. MAC Authentication Type By default, the selection from the MAC Authentication Type menu is Disable, and MAC address authentication is disabled. For you to enable MAC address authentication, you must either add a MAC address filter profile for local authentication (see Manage MAC Address Filter Profiles in the Local MAC Address Database on page 50) or specify the settings for a RADIUS server for remote authentication (see Configure RADIUS Server Settings on page 48). From the MAC Authentication Type menu, select one of the following options: • Local MAC Address Database. From the MAC Filter Profile Name menu, select the profile that you want to use and select one of the following MAC ACL Mode radio buttons: - Accept List. All MAC address that are in the selected profile are allowed WiFi access and all MAC addresses that are not in the profile are denied WiFi access. - Deny List. All MAC address that are in the selected profile are denied WiFi access and all MAC addresses that are not in the profile are allowed WiFi access. (This is the default selection.) • Remote MAC Address Database. The RADIUS server that you configured is used for MAC address authentication. When you are configuring the access point from a WiFi computer whose MAC address is not in the MAC filter profile that you want to activate, you lose your WiFi connection when you click the Apply button. You then must access the access point from a wired computer or from a WiFi computer that is on the access control list to make any further changes. Configure the WiFi Features and Security 42

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Description
Setting
Select the
Yes
radio button to enable the access point to broadcast its SSID, allowing
WiFi stations with a null (blank) SSID to adopt the access point’s SSID.Yes is the default
setting.To prevent the SSID from being broadcast, select the
No
radio button.
Broadcast Wireless
Network Name (SSID)
Select the
Enable
radio button to enable band steering from the 2.4 GHz band to the 5
GHz band. Band steering can reduce the client density in the 2.4 GHz band by steering
dual-band-capable clients to the 5 GHz band, thereby increasing the WiFi network capacity.
By default, the
Disable
button is selected and band steering is disabled.
If you enable band steering, you can set the RSSI threshold.
Band Steering to 5GHz
This setting does not
apply to
802.11a/a-na-ac
profiles.
The received signal strength indicator (RSSI) threshold applies only if you enable band
steering.
Enter the minimum RSSI value that a dual-band-capable client must be able to receive
from a 5 GHz radio before the client is steered from a 2.4 GHz radio to the 5 GHz radio.
You can enter a value from –100 to –10.The default value is –70.
Rssi Threshold 5GHz
(-100 to -10)
This setting does not
apply to
802.11a/a-na-ac
profiles.
By default, the selection from the
MAC Authentication Type
menu is
Disable
, and MAC
address authentication is disabled. For you to enable MAC address authentication, you
must either add a MAC address filter profile for local authentication (see
Manage MAC
Address Filter Profiles in the Local MAC Address Database
on page 50) or specify the
settings for a RADIUS server for remote authentication (see
Configure RADIUS Server
Settings
on page 48).
From the
MAC Authentication Type
menu, select one of the following options:
•
Local MAC Address Database
.
From the
MAC Filter Profile Name
menu, select the profile that you want to use
and select one of the following MAC ACL Mode radio buttons:
-
Accept List
. All MAC address that are in the selected profile are allowed WiFi
access and all MAC addresses that are not in the profile are denied WiFi access.
-
Deny List
. All MAC address that are in the selected profile are denied WiFi
access and all MAC addresses that are not in the profile are allowed WiFi access.
(This is the default selection.)
•
Remote MAC Address Database
. The RADIUS server that you configured is used
for MAC address authentication.
When you are configuring the access point from a WiFi computer whose MAC address
is not in the MAC filter profile that you want to activate, you lose your WiFi connection
when you click the Apply button.You then must access the access point from a wired
computer or from a WiFi computer that is on the access control list to make any further
changes.
MAC Authentication
Type
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