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Action tec 54 Mbps Wireless DSL Gateway User Manual
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Chapter 6 Advanced Setup
Wireless Settings
Selecting
Wireless Settings
in the “Advanced Configuration” screen generates the
“Wireless Settings” screen. To activate the wireless “radio” of the Gateway, click in
the circle next to “On.” To turn it off, click in the circle next to “Off.”
ESSID
ESSID
is the network name assigned to the wireless network. The factory default
setting is “
ACTIONTEC
.” Although Action tec recommends keeping the default
value intact, the
ESSID
value can be modified, using any combination of alphanu-
meric characters (i.e.,
A-Z
, a-z,
0-9
). All wireless-capable computers included on
the Gateway’s wireless network must have this same
ESSID
value. (For the
Action tec
802.11
b Wireless
PC
Card, the
ESSID
value must be the same as the
SSID
value.)
Channel
Channel assigns the frequency band at which the Gateway communicates. In the
United States, use channels
1-1
1. (The factory default value is set to
1
.)