Cisco Linksys E1200, User Manual

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Setting Up: Advanced
Linksys E-Series
• Although the 2 .4 GHz band may be more crowded with wireless traffic
from your neighbors, it’s fine for basic Internet traffic that is not time-
sensitive (such as e-mail) .
•
Even though you are connected to your own wireless network, you are
still sharing “air time” with nearby networks .
•
The 5 GHz band is much less crowded than the 2 .4 GHz band, so it’s ideal
for streaming multimedia .
•
The 5 GHz band has more available channels, so it is more likely that you
will have your own, interference-free channel for your wireless network .
By default, your dual-band router uses the same network name on both the
2 .4 GHz band and the 5 GHz band . If you are connecting to your router with
a computer that has a dual-band wireless network adapter, you might not be
able to determine which band you’re using . The easiest way to segment your
traffic is to rename one of your wireless networks . With a separate, descriptive
name, it will be easy to connect to the right network .
To reconfigure your wireless network:
Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings or Wireless Settings
1.
Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based
utility” on page 25) .
2. Click the Wireless tab, then click the Basic Wireless Settings or Wireless
Settings page .
3.
Click
Manual
. This enables you to make changes to all of the fields below .
a. network Mode
—Your choice depends upon the clients that will
connect to your network . If all of your devices are Wireless-N capable,
you can select Wireless-N Only for either or both bands .
On the 5 GHz band, you can select:
•
Mixed (default), which accepts connections from 802 .11a or
802 .11n clients
•
Wireless-A only
(802 .11a only)
•
Wireless-n only
(802 .11n only)
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Disabled , which disables the 5 .0 GHz band on this router
On the 2 .4 GHz band, you can select:
•
Mixed
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Wireless-B/G only
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Wireless-B only
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Wireless-G only
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Wireless-n only
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Disabled
b. network name (SSID)
—Provide a unique SSID for your 5 GHz
wireless network . The name must not exceed 32 keyboard characters .
In the example above, the 5 GHz wireless network was renamed
BronzeEagle5GHz .
c. Channel Width —We recommend that you keep the default
(Auto) settings . In Auto mode, the router and the network clients
automatically switch to the 40 MHz mode if:
• Your wireless clients support the 40 MHz mode (sometimes
called Bonded mode) in which two 20 MHz channels are bonded
together for better performance .
•
There is no adjacent interference .
With more available channels and less chance of interference on the
5 GHz band, you have the option to force the 40MHz mode .
On the 5GHz band, you can select:
•
Auto (20 MHz or 40 Mhz)
•
20 MHz only
•
40 MHz only