CAP700 Wireless
The information in this page is updated in accordance with firmware version CAP7_R_00.07.23.1.
Summary
The Wireless section of the Network tab can be used to manage and configure WiFi Access Points, WiFi Stations (clients) and WiFi devices. This chapter of the user manual provides an overview of the Wireless section for CAP700 devices.
Wireless
CAP700 devices support IEEE 802.11ac 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be with data transmission rates up to 6400 Mbps (Dual Band, 2x2 MIMO).
SSIDS
The SSIDs section is used to configure your wireless access points (AP) and wireless clients (STA).
Above is the overview of the SSIDS Overview window. It displays active access pointsand stations. Here you can turn on or off your WiFi interfaces, remove them or start configuring by clicking on
Edit button on the right side of interface.To configure your Wireless device as Client press Scan button to scan the surrounding area and attempt to connect to a new wireless access point.
Radio
The Global Settings section is used for configuring the country code which is used for regulatory purposes (different areas allow different maximum transmit power and operating frequencies) and WiFi hardware parameters. You can change parameters by clicking the 'Edit' button next to a wireless device (not an interface) in the Network → SSIDS page:
| Field | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Country code | country code; default: US - United States | SO/IEC 3166 alpha2 country codes as defined in ISO 3166-1 standard. |
| Installation type | Indoor | Outdoor; default: Indoor | The installation type is used for regulatory compliance. In most countries outdoor installations have additional restrictions for maximum transmit power and operating frequencies. |
General Setup
The General Setup section is used to turn a wireless device on or off, select the operating frequency (WiFi mode, channel and channel width) and transmit power.
A wireless 2.4 GHz WiFi channel requires a signaling band roughly 22 MHz wide, radio frequencies of neighboring channels numbers significantly overlap each other. Choose a WiFi channel according to the busyness of other channels. You can download a free WiFi analyzer app on your phone, laptop or other WiFi device and check which channel is the least populated.
Many home networks utilize routers that by default run on channel 6 on the 2.4 GHz band. Neighboring WiFi home networks that run over the same channel generate radio interference that can cause significant network performance slowdowns for users. Reconfiguring a network to run on a different wireless channel helps minimize these slowdowns. Therefore, pick a channel with no other active Access Points and preferably one that has no active Access Point on two adjacent channels on each side as well. If you don't feel like doing this, set the 'Channel' field to Auto and the device will pick the least busy channel in your location automatically.
| Field | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enable | off | on; default: on | Turns Wireless device on or off. |
| Operating Frequency (2.4 GHz) | ||
| Mode | BE | AX | N | Legacy; default: BE | Selects the wireless protocol to use. |
| Channel | Auto | 1 (2412 MHz) | 2 (2417 MHz) | 3 (2422 MHz) | 4 (2427 MHz) | 5 (2432 MHz) | 6 (2437 MHz) | 7 (2442 MHz) | 8 (2447 MHz) | 9 (2452 MHz) | 10 (2457 MHz) | 11 (2462 MHz); default: Auto | A wireless 2.4 GHz WiFi channel requires a signaling band roughly 22 MHz wide, radio frequencies of neighboring channels numbers significantly overlap each other. Therefore, pick a channel with no other active Access Points and preferably one that has no active Access Point on two adjacent channels on each side as well. |
| Width | 20 MHz | 40 MHz; default: 20 MHz | A 40 MHz channel width bonds two 20 MHz channels together, forming a 40 MHz channel width; therefore, it allows for greater speed and faster transfer rates. But not if those channels are crowded with noise and interference. In crowded areas with a lot of frequency noise and interference, a single 20MHz channel will be more stable. 40MHz channel width allows for greater speed and faster transfer rates but it doesn’t perform as well in crowded areas. |
| Operating Frequency (5 GHz) | ||
| Mode | BE | AX | AC | N; default: BE | Selects the wireless protocol to use. |
| Channel | Auto | 36(5180 MHz) | 40(5200 MHz) | 44(5220 MHz) | 48(5240 MHz) | 52(5260 MHz) | 56(5280 MHz) | 60(5300 MHz) | 64(5320 MHz) | 68(5340 MHz) | 72(5360 MHz) | 76(5380 MHz) | 80(5400 MHz) | 84(5420 MHz) | 88(5440 MHz) | 92(5460 MHz) | 96(5480 MHz) | 100(5500 MHz) | 104(5520 MHz) | 108(5540 MHz) | 112(5560 MHz) | 116(5580 MHz) | 120(5600 MHz) | 124(5620 MHz) | 128(5640 MHz) | 132(5660 MHz) | 136(5680 MHz) | 140(5700 MHz) | 144 (5720 MHz) | 149 (5745 MHz) | 153 (5765 MHz) |157 (5785 MHz) | 161 (5805 MHz) | 165 (5825 MHz); default: Auto | A wireless 5 GHz WiFi channel also requires a signaling band roughly 22 MHz wide, but since its channel with is 20 MHZ and overlaps less with neighboring channels, but it is still recommended to pick a channel with no other active Access Points and preferably one that has no active Access Point on two adjacent channels on each side as well. |
| Width | 20 MHz | 40 MHz | 80 MHz 160; default: 80MHz | A 40 MHz channel width bonds two 20 MHz channels together, forming a 40 MHz channel width, 8 MHZ channel bonds four 20 MHz channels; therefore, it allows for greater speed and faster transfer rates. But not if those channels are crowded with noise and interference. In crowded areas with a lot of frequency noise and interference, a single 20MHz channel will be more stable. 80 MHz width channel is faster than 40MHz which is faster than 20 MHz but it doesn’t perform as well in crowded areas. |
| Transmit Power | [5%...100%]; default: 100 % | The transmit power of an access point radio is proportional to its effective range – the higher the transmit power, the more distance that a signal can travel, and/or the more physical materials that it can effectively penetrate and still have data successfully resolved at the receiver. |
SSIDs Configuration
The Interface Configuration section is used to configure the parameters of Wireless Access Points or Clients. You can find this section by clicking the 'Edit' button next to a wireless interface (not a device) in the Network → SSIDs page:
General Setup
The General Setup tab contains basic options for SSID and network interface.
| Field | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enable | off | on; default: on | Enables or disables WiFi interface. |
| Access Point mode | ||
| Radios | 2.4 GHz | 5GHz; default: 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz | SSID will use these radios. Use one of them if you want seperate SSIDs for each radio or use all of them if you want combined SSID. |
| SSID | Factory SSID is different for every device; default: | Service Set Identifier is a name used to identify access point which is shown when client tries to connect to it. |
| Password | string; default: none | |
| Network | network interfaces | +add new; default: lan | Choose the network(s) you want to attach to this wireless interface or fill out the create field to define a new network. |
Wireless Security
The Wireless Security tab is used to determine what kind of encryption your WLAN will use.
| Field | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Encryption | No encryption | WPA-PSK | WPA2-PSK | WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Mixed Mode | WPA3-SAE | WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE Mixed Mode | OWE | WPA-EAP | WPA2-EAP | WPA2-EAP/WPA3-EAP Mixed Mode | WPA3-EAP Mixed Mode | WPA3-EAP; default: WPA2-PSK | The type of encryption used on this Wireless Interface.
Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) - no password is required and all wireless traffic is encrypted (safer than No Encryption). |
| WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Mixed Mode, WPA3-EAP | ||
| Cipher | Auto | Force CCMP (AES) | Force TKIP | Force TKIP and CCMP (AES); default: Auto | An algorithm for performing encryption or decryption. |
| WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Mixed Mode, WPA3-SAE, WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE Mixed Mode | ||
| Password | string; default: none | |
| WPA2-PPSK | ||
| WPA-EAP, WPA2-EAP, WPA2-EAP/WPA3-EAP Mixed Mode, WPA3-EAP | ||
| Radius-Authentication-Server | string; default: none | Ip address of the authentification server. |
| Radius-Authentication-Port | string; default: none | Default port for the server is 1812. |
| Radius-Authentication-Secret | string; default: none | Server's shared secret. |
| Radius-Accounting-Server | string; default: none | Ip address of the accounting server. |
| Radius-Accounting-Port | string; default: none | Default port for the server is 1813. |
| Radius-Accounting-Secret | string; default: none | Server's shared secret. |
| NAS id | string; default: none | Network access server identifier. |
WiFi QR codes
Each WiFi interface has a specially designed QR code that contains information about the SSID and password of the WiFi network. After pressing the button 
, a QR code appears with the network's SSID and password, which you can download locally by pressing the 'Download' button. If you only want a QR code without additional information, uncheck the 'Include credentials' box.
