ZyXEL ZyWALL ATP700 User Guide - Page 666

Chapter 34 Object Table 264 Configuration > Object > AP Profile > Add/Edit Radio Profile (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION General Settings Activate Select this option to make this profile active. Profile Name Enter up to 31 alphanumeric characters to be used as this profile's name. Spaces and underscores are allowed. Schedule This field displays the schedule object which defines when this radio profile can be used. 802.11 Band Select how to let wireless clients connect to the AP. • 11b/g: allows either IEEE 802.11b or IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate with the AP. The AP adjusts the transmission rate automatically according to the wireless standard supported by the wireless devices. • 11b/g/n: allows IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g and IEEE802.11n compliant WLAN devices to associate with the AP. The transmission rate of your AP might be reduced. • 11a: allows only IEEE 802.11a compliant WLAN devices to associate with the AP. • 11a/n: allows both IEEE802.11n and IEEE802.11a compliant WLAN devices to associate with the AP. The transmission rate of your AP might be reduced. • 11ac: allows only IEEE802.11ac compliant WLAN devices to associate with the AP. Channel Width Note: If you select 11ac but the WLAN devices on the network do not support IEEE 802.11ac, the Zyxel Device automatically sets the AP to use 11a/n. Select the wireless channel bandwidth you want the AP to use. A standard 20 MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 144Mbps (2.4GHz) or 217Mbps (5GHZ) whereas a 40MHz channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds of up to 300Mbps (2.4GHz) or 450Mbps (5GHZ). An IEEE 802.11ac-specific 80MHz channel offers speeds of up to 1.3Gbps. 40 MHz (channel bonding or dual channel) bonds two adjacent radio channels to increase throughput. A 80 MHz channel consists of two adjacent 40 MHz channels. The wireless clients must also support 40 MHz or 80 MHz. It is often better to use the 20 MHz setting in a location where the environment hinders the wireless signal. Because not all devices support 40 MHz and/or 80 MHz channels, select 20/40MHz or 20/ 40/80MHz to allow the AP to adjust the channel bandwidth automatically. Select 20MHz if you want to lessen radio interference with other wireless devices in your neighborhood or the wireless clients do not support channel bonding. Channel Selection Enable DCS Client Aware Note: If the environment has poor signal-to-noise (SNR), the Zyxel Device will switch to a lower bandwidth. Select the wireless channel which this radio profile should use. It is recommended that you choose the channel least in use by other APs in the region where this profile will be implemented. This will reduce the amount of interference between wireless clients and the AP to which this profile is assigned. Select DCS to have the AP automatically select the radio channel upon which it broadcasts by scanning the area around it and determining what channels are currently being used by other devices. Select Manual and specify the channels the AP uses. This field is available when you set Channel Selection to DCS. Select this to have the AP wait until all connected clients have disconnected before switching channels. If you disable this then the AP switches channels immediately regardless of any client connections. In this instance, clients that are connected to the AP when it switches channels are dropped. ZyWALL ATP Series User's Guide 666