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Chapter 11 Wireless LAN 11.1.1 What You Can Do • Use the General screen to turn the wireless connection on or off, set up wireless security between the NBG6716 and the wireless clients, and make other basic configuration changes (Section 11.2 on page 98). • Use the More AP screen to set up multiple wireless networks on your NBG6716 (Section 11.4 on page 106). • Use the MAC Filter screen to allow or deny wireless stations based on their MAC addresses from connecting to the NBG6716 (Section 11.5 on page 109). • Use the Advanced screen to allow intra-BSS networking and set the RTS/CTS Threshold (Section 11.6 on page 111). • Use the QoS screen to ensure Quality of Service (QoS) in your wireless network (Section 11.7 on page 111). • Use the WPS screen to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security, without having to configure security settings manually (Section 11.8 on page 112). • Use the WPS Station screen to add a wireless station using WPS (Section 11.9 on page 114). • Use the Scheduling screen to set the times your wireless LAN is turned on and off (Section 11.10 on page 114). 11.1.2 What You Should Know Every wireless network must follow these basic guidelines. • Every wireless client in the same wireless network must use the same SSID. The SSID is the name of the wireless network. It stands for Service Set IDentity. • If two wireless networks overlap, they should use different channels. Like radio stations or television channels, each wireless network uses a specific channel, or frequency, to send and receive information. • Every wireless client in the same wireless network must use security compatible with the AP. Security stops unauthorized devices from using the wireless network. It can also protect the information that is sent in the wireless network. Wireless Security Overview The following sections introduce different types of wireless security you can set up in the wireless network. SSID Normally, the AP acts like a beacon and regularly broadcasts the SSID in the area. You can hide the SSID instead, in which case the AP does not broadcast the SSID. In addition, you should change the default SSID to something that is difficult to guess. This type of security is fairly weak, however, because there are ways for unauthorized devices to get the SSID. In addition, unauthorized devices can still see the information that is sent in the wireless network. 94 NBG6716 User's Guide