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System Wireless
FortiWiFi-50B, 60A, 60AM, and 60B system wireless settings
Figure 61: FortiWiFi-50B, 60A, 60AM, and 60B wireless parameters
Operation Mode The current operating mode. Select Change to change the operation
mode.
Access Point mode makes the FortiWiFi unit act as a wireless access
point to which multiple clients can connect.
Client mode configures the FortiWiFi unit to connect to another wireless
network as a client.
Band
Geography
Channel
Select the wireless frequency band you want to use.
• For FortiWiFi-50B units you can select 802.11b, and 802.11g.
• For FortiWiFi-60A, 60AM, and 60B units you can select from:
802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g.
Select your country or region. This determines which channels are
available. You can select Americas, EMEA, Israel, or Japan. If you are in
any other region, select World.
Select a channel for your wireless network or select Auto. Clients of the
wireless network must configure their computers to use this channel.
The channels that you can select depend on the Geography setting. See
“Channel assignments” on page 118 for channel information.
Tx Power Set the transmitter power level. The default power level is the maximum
of 17 dBm.
Beacon Interval Set the interval between beacon packets. Access Points broadcast
Beacons or Traffic Indication Messages (TIM) to synchronize wireless
networks. In an environment with high interference, decreasing the
Beacon Interval might improve network performance. In a location with
few wireless nodes, you can increase this value.
Wireless interface list
Interface
MAC Address
SSID
The name of the wireless interface. Select the name to edit the interface.
The default configuration includes the wlan interface. To add more
wireless interfaces, see “Adding a wireless interface to a FortiWiFi-50B,
60A, 60AM, and 60B unit” on page 122.
The MAC address of the Wireless interface.
The wireless service set identifier (SSID) or network name for the
wireless interface. Clients who want to use the wireless interface must
configure their computers to connect to the network that broadcasts this
network name.
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