The Wireless - Wireless Network Access Tab; The Wireless - Advanced Wireless Settings Tab; Figure 6-9: Wireless - Wireless Network Access Screen; Figure 6-10: Wireless - Advanced Wireless Settings Screen - Linksys WAP54GPE User Manual

Wireless-G Exterior Access Point

The Wireless - Wireless Network Access Tab

This screen allows you to permit or block wireless access for computers with specific MAC addresses.
Wireless Network Access
You can allow or block access for the MAC addresses you have entered.
Access List. To permit access, click Permit to access. To deny access, click Prevent from accessing. If you do
not wish to filter users by MAC address, select Disabled.
MAC 1-20. Enter the MAC addresses of the computers whose access you want to control.
Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel
Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen.

The Wireless - Advanced Wireless Settings Tab

This screen allows you to configure the advanced settings for the Access Point. In most cases, these settings do
not need to be changed.
Advanced Wireless
You can change the data transmission and output power settings for the Access Point.
CTS Protection Mode. CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode function boosts the Access Point's ability to catch
all Wireless-G transmissions but will severely decrease performance. Keep the default setting, Auto, so the
Access Point can use this feature as needed, when the Wireless-G products are not able to transmit to the Access
Point in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic. Select Enabled if you want to permanently enable this
feature, or select Disabled if you want to permanently disable this feature.
Wireless Isolation. In most cases, keep the default, Disabled. Select Enabled if you do not want your wired and
wireless networks to communicate; for example, if you have a wireless hotspot, you may want to keep the
wireless network isolated from your wired network.
Basic Data Rates. This setting is not actually one rate of transmission but a series of rates that are advertised to
the other wireless devices in your network, so they know at which rates the Access Point can transmit. At the
Default setting, the Access Point will advertise that it will automatically select the best rate for transmission.
Other options are 1-2Mbps, for use with older wireless technology, and All, when you wish to have all rates
Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Exterior Access Point
The Wireless - Wireless Network Access Tab

Figure 6-9: Wireless - Wireless Network Access Screen

mac address: the unique address that a manufacturer
assigns to each networking device.
Figure 6-10: Wireless - Advanced Wireless
Settings Screen
cts (clear-to-send): a signal sent by a wireless device,
signifying that it is ready to receive data.
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