Setting up wireless features
Setting up Wi‐Fi access points
Your router can be configured as a wireless access point (AP) to allow Wi‐Fi enabled devices to connect to the router using Wi‐Fi. The Wi‐Fi hot spot can only handle 5 concurrent sessions.
To set up your router so it can securely provide data communication to your Wi‐Fi devices:
1.From Wireless, select Wi‐Fi Access Point.
2.To allow the router to provide communication to Wi‐Fi devices, check Enabled.
3.To set the SSID (service set identifier) for the access point supported by your router, in the Network Name (SSID) field, type the name. This is the ID that Wi‐Fi devices look for in order to join the wireless network. All wireless devices on a WLAN must employ the same SSID in order to communicate with the access point.
4.To specify the data rates supported, in the Network Mode drop‐down list, select the desired option: B/G/N‐Mixed
B/G‐Mixed B‐Only N‐Only
5.To specify the country where the network operates, in the Country Code field, type the Wi‐Fi code for the country. The country you choose has an impact on the channels over which the network can run.
6.To specify the channel on which the router operates, from the Channel drop‐down list, select the desired channel. United States uses channels 1‐11, Europe uses 1‐13, and Japan uses 14.
7.In the Beacon Interval field, type the period of time, in milliseconds, when the access point sends a beacon packet. Beacons help synchronize a wireless network. For most applications, the default value of 100 provides good performance.
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