Configuring Wifi AP

By default Meshlium comes with a 2.4GHz Wifi interface ready to work as an Access Point (AP). It also comes with the DHCP Service activated so when users connect through the Wifi connection will get automatically an IP from the range 10.10.10.10 - 10.10.10.250.

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There are three sections in the configuration screen: Network, Radio, Security.

Network

Here you can change the common Network options and the DHCP IP range which is offered to the clients. Remember that if you change the IP of the AP you should also change the DHCP options in order to make all them work in the same network.

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Radio

These are specific Wifi parameters. You can change the public name of the AP which is offered to the clients -ESSID-, by default is set "Meshlium". You can also make it invisible so that only users who know it can connect.

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You can also change the radio channel which is being used for the transmissions, according to the next diagram:

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The Protocols that can be used are 802.11b for long links and 802.11g for high bandwidth links. Transmission Power, Rate and Fragmentation can also be controlled for experts users. Do not change them if you don't know exactly what you are doing.

Security

You can activate encryption in the communication using the WEP and WPA protocols.

WEP is enabled in the 5 and 13 characters configurations while WPA-PSK can be used with a password from 8 to 63 characters. We recommend use WPA in order to get the a major security in the network.

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meshlium manager system wifi section wpa security

After saving the new options and once you have restarted Meshlium you have to validate the new configuration before the next 5 minutes, if not, the factory default configuration will be restored to avoid leaving Meshlium without connectivity. More info see the "Default Interfaces" section.

Clients connected

In this section you can see the MAC address of clients along with the IP assigned by the AP. It is a quick way to know how many clients are connected and who they are.

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