NorthwesTel Pulse TV Quick Start Manual - page 13
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Setting
Definition/Usage
Host Name
The host name of the Router.
Enable Wireless
Click this checkbox to enable the wireless network on your system.
Wireless Network Name
(SSID)
You can enter a user-friendly name to identify your wireless network,
referred to as the Service Set Identifier (SSID). The name can be up
to 32 characters long.
Broadcast Network Name
(SSID)
Click this checkbox to allow the SSID to be broadcast by the gate-
way. If you don’t want others not to see your access point on their
devices, uncheck the checkbox to hide the SSID.
Tx Power Level
Sets the transmit power level, which is the output power level of
the wireless radio. Can be set to high, medium, or low.
Channel
Sets a communication channel for your Gateway. For the
best performance, choose channel 1, 6, or 11, since these channels
do not overlap. If another unit is operating in the area, choose
a channel that is farthest away from the channel that unit uses.
For example, if one is using channel 11, set yours to channel 1.
If you experience interference or poor performance on a particular
channel, choose a different channel. The default setting is ‘Auto’,
in which the gateway selects a channel to use.
AP Isolation
Click this checkbox to enable AP Isolation. When enabled, each
of your wireless clients will be in its own virtual network and will not
be able to communicate with one another.
Enable WMM
Click this check box to enable Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) functionality.
Enabling WMM can help control latency and jitter when transmitting
multimedia content over a wireless connection. This quality of service
mechanism uses four access categories, which in order of priority
are Voice, Video, Best Effort and Background. This ensures that
applications with low tolerance for latency and jitter are treated with
high priority than less-sensitive data applications. WMM sets different
wait times for the four categories in order to provide priority network
access for applications that are less tolerant of packet delays.
Security Mode
Sets the security mode for your Gateway. Can be set to OPEN
(no security), WEP (Wired Equivalency Privacy), WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi
Protected Access: Pre-Shared Key), or WPA2-PSK. WPA is a
stronger security mode than WEP. WPA2 is a stronger version
of WPA. 802.11N performance is only available in Open or WPA2
with AES encryption.
Password
Sets your WPA Pre-Shared Key. This text string is used to generate
a unique set of encryption keys for your network. Enter a text string
in this field. The key can be either ASCII (text) or Hex (hexadecimal).
An ACSII text key can be from 8 to 63 characters long. Valid
characters are numbers ‘0’ through ‘9’ and letters ‘a’ through ‘z’.
A hexadecimal key must be 64 characters long. Valid characters
are numbers ‘0’ through ‘9’ and letters ‘a’ through ‘f’.
Settings under Basic Setup
Settings under Security Settings