Wireless Basic Wireless Settings, Manual

Chapter 3

Advanced Configuration

Gateway This is the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the Router and the remote network or host.

Interface This interface tells you whether the Destination IP Address is on the LAN & Wireless (Ethernet and wireless networks) or the WAN (Internet).

Click Show Routing Table to view the Static Routes you have already set up.

Routing Table

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes.

Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings

The basic settings for wireless networking are set on this screen.

Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings

Wireless Configuration

Wireless Configuration Keep the default selection, Wi- Fi Protected Setup to configure your network using Wi- Fi Protected Setup. Select Manual to set up your wireless network your wireless network manually.

Manual

If you set the Wireless Configuration to Manual, the Basic Wireless Settings screen displays the following fields.

Network Mode (5 GHz) From this drop-down menu, you can select the wireless standards running on your network. If you have both Wireless-A and Wireless-N (5GHz) devices in your network, keep the default setting, Mixed. If you have only Wireless-A devices, select Wireless-A Only. If you have onlyWireless-N (5GHz) devices, select Wireless‑N Only. If you do not have any Wireless-A and Wireless-N (5GHz) devices in your network, select Disabled.

Network Mode (2.4 GHz) From this drop-down menu, you can select the wireless standards running on your network. If you have both Wireless-B, Wireless-G and Wireless-N (2.4GHz) devices in your network, keep the default setting, Mixed. If you have only Wireless-B devices, select Wireless-B Only. If you have onlyWireless-G devices, select Wireless-G Only. If you have only Wireless-N (2.4GHz) devices, select Wireless-N Only. If you do not have any Wireless-B, Wireless-G and Wireless-N (2.4GHz) devices in your network, select Disabled.

Wireless Network Name (SSID) The SSID is the 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 keyboard characters. Make sure this setting is the same for all points in your wireless network. For added security, you should change the default SSID to a unique name.

Radio Band (5 GHz) For best performance in a network using Wireless-A and Wireless-N (5GHz) devices, keep the default, Auto.

Radio Band (2.4 GHz) For best performance in a network using Wireless-B, Wireless-G and Wireless-N (2.4GHz) devices, select Auto. The default is Standard - 20MHz Channel.

Wide Channel (5 GHz) If you selected Wide - 40MHz Channel for the Radio Band setting, then this setting will be available for your primary Wireless-N (5GHz) channel. If you are not sure which channel to select, keep the default, Auto (DFS).

Wide Channel (2.4 GHz) If you selected Wide - 40MHz Channel for the Radio Band setting, then this setting will be available for your primary Wireless-N (2.4GHz) channel. If you are not sure which channel to select, keep the default, Auto.

Standard Channel (5 GHz) Select the channel for Wireless-A and Wireless-N (5GHz) networking. If you selected Wide – 40MHz Channel for the Radio Band setting, then the Standard Channel will be a secondary channel for Wireless-N (5GHz). If you are not sure which channel to select, keep the default, Auto (DFS).

Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router