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FortiWiFi-60 System wireless settings
System Wireless
RTS Threshold The Request to Send (RTS) threshold sets the time the unit waits for
Clear to Send (CTS) acknowledgement from another wireless device.
Fragmentation
Threshold
7 Select OK.
Set the maximum size of a data packet before it is broken into two or
more packets. Reducing the threshold can improve performance in
environments that have high interference.
FortiWiFi-60 System wireless settings
Go to System > Wireless > Settings to configure wireless settings.
Figure 64: Configuring wireless parameters
MAC Address The MAC address of the Wireless interface.
Operation Mode The current operating mode. Select Change to change it.
Access Point mode makes the FortiWiFi unit act as a wireless access
point to which multiple clients can connect.
Client mode configures the unit to connect to another wireless network
as a client.
Geography 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.
Channel Select a channel for your FortiWiFi wireless network. 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.
SSID
Enter the wireless service set identifier (SSID) or network name for the
FortiWiFi-60 unit. Clients who want to use the wireless network must
configure their computers to connect to the network that broadcasts this
network name.
SSID Broadcast Select Enable if you want the FortiWiFi-60 unit to broadcast the SSID.
Broadcasting the SSID makes it possible for clients to connect to your
wireless network without first knowing the SSID.
Security mode To use WEP, select WEP64 or WEP128. To use WPA (available in
Access Point mode only), select WPA Pre-shared Key or WPA_Radius.
Clients of the FortiWiFi wireless network must configure their computers
with the same settings.
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