TP-Link TD-W8900GB manual Wireless LAN Configuration, Wireless Basic

TD-W8900GB54M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide

5.5Wireless LAN Configuration

The menus used to configure Wireless LAN settings available in the Wireless directory including Basic, Security, MAC Filter, Advanced, and Statistics menus. The Wireless Basic, Security, MAC Filter, Advanced, and Statistics are described below.

5.5.1Wireless – Basic

Choose “Wireless”Æ”Basic”, you will see the screen of Wireless-Basicsettings shown as below. The basic settings for wireless networking are set on this screen.

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This page allows you to configure basic features of the wireless LAN interface. You can enable or disable the wireless LAN interface, hide the network from active scans, set the wireless network name (also known as SSID) and restrict the channel set based on Region requirements.

¾Enable Wireless: If you want to use wireless features, you must select “Enable Wireless”. If you deselect “Enable Wireless” option, all the Wireless settings below will be disabled.

¾Enable SSID Broadcast: When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the Router’s SSID, keep the default setting, if you don’t want to broadcast the Router’s SSID, unselect this option.

¾SSID: Wireless network name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all devices in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters (use any of the characters on the keyboard). Make sure this setting is the same for all stations in your wireless network. Type the desired SSID in the space provided.

¾BSSID: Show the MAC address of the Router.

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