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Insight Instant AirBridge WBC502 User Manual (Continued) Setting SSID Description The service set ID (SSID), which is the name for the WiFi network with which WiFi clients can connect. Hidden SSID To hide the WiFi network name and prevent it from displaying in the scanning list of a WiFi client, select the Enable radio button. To connect to the WiFi network, a user must know the WiFi network name. By default, the Disable radio button is selected. Client Isolation To prevent WiFi clients that are associated with the same or different WiFi networks on the access point from communicating with each other, select the Enable radio button. If you enable client isolation, WiFi clients can still communicate with each other over the Internet. When the AirBridge mode is disabled, by default, the Disable radio button is selected. VLAN Isolation To prevent clients on different VLANs from communicating with each other, select the Enable radio button, and enter the VLAN ID in the ID field. This VLAN ID must already be defined in your network. The default VLAN ID is 1. The range is from 1 to 4094. If you enable VLAN isolation, clients can still communicate with each other over the Internet. By default, the Disable radio button is selected. L2 Isolation To prevent WiFi and LAN clients on the same access point from communicating with each other, select the Enable radio button. If you enable L2 isolation, clients can still communicate with each other over the Internet. By default, the Disable radio button is selected. Wireless Security Security Mode From the Security Mode menu, select WPA2-PSK or WPA2-Enterprise for the connection to the selected SSID. For information about WPA2-Enterprise, see Set up WPA2-Enterprise security on a master or access point on page 81. Note: We recommend that you set up security, although in certain situations, and if you are aware of the risks, you can select None. Encryption This field is fixed at AES. You cannot select another option. Passphrase If you select WPA2-PSK from the Security Mode menu, enter a passphrase (network key or WiFi password) that WiFi clients must enter to connect to the SSID. The length of the passphrase must be from 8 to 63 characters. Manually Configure or Change 44 the Operation Mode User Manual

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Description
Setting
The service set ID (SSID), which is the name for the WiFi network with which WiFi clients
can connect.
SSID
To hide the WiFi network name and prevent it from displaying in the scanning list of a WiFi
client, select the
Enable
radio button. To connect to the WiFi network, a user must know
the WiFi network name.
By default, the
Disable
radio button is selected.
Hidden SSID
To prevent WiFi clients that are associated with the same or different WiFi networks on the
access point from communicating with each other, select the
Enable
radio button. If you
enable client isolation, WiFi clients can still communicate with each other over the Internet.
When the AirBridge mode is disabled, by default, the
Disable
radio button is selected.
Client Isolation
To prevent clients on different VLANs from communicating with each other, select the
Enable
radio button, and enter the VLAN ID in the
ID
field. This VLAN ID must already be
defined in your network. The default VLAN ID is 1. The range is from 1 to 4094.
If you enable VLAN isolation, clients can still communicate with each other over the Internet.
By default, the
Disable
radio button is selected.
VLAN Isolation
To prevent WiFi and LAN clients on the same access point from communicating with each
other, select the
Enable
radio button. If you enable L2 isolation, clients can still communicate
with each other over the Internet.
By default, the
Disable
radio button is selected.
L2 Isolation
Wireless Security
From the
Security Mode
menu, select
WPA2-PSK
or
WPA2-Enterprise
for the connection
to the selected SSID.
For information about WPA2-Enterprise, see Set
up
WPA2-Enterprise
security
on
a
master
or
access
point
on page 81.
Note
: We recommend that you set up security, although in certain situations, and if you
are aware of the risks, you can select
None
.
Security Mode
This field is fixed at AES. You cannot select another option.
Encryption
If you select
WPA2-PSK
from the
Security Mode
menu, enter a passphrase (network key
or WiFi password) that WiFi clients must enter to connect to the SSID.
The length of the passphrase must be from 8 to 63 characters.
Passphrase
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