Evolve WR150N, User Manual

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Mode: This option allows you to choose the radio standard for operation of your Router.
802.11b and 802.11g are old 2.4GHz mode, while 802.11n is the latest standard based on faster
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) modulation. Here, by default, the B, G, N Mode
is selected, this mode offers better compatibility.
Wireless Network Name (SSID): The name of the wireless network.
SSID Broadcast: you can choose to enable or disable to broadcast your SSID.
Region: this device supports 5 regions: USA, Canada, China, Japan and Europe. You can choose one
based on your position.
Channel: This option provides selectable channel numbers.
Bandwidth: This is the spectral width of the radio channel. Supported wireless channel spectrum
widths:
20MHz is the standard channel spectrum width.
40MHz is the channel spectrum with the width of 40MHz.
Authentication: you can choose one encryption method for your wireless LAN.
5.3.2.1 WEP
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard and uses the RC4 encryption
algorithm. Enabling WEP allows you to increase security by encryption data being transferred over
your wireless network. WEP is the oldest security algorithm, and there are few applications
that can decrypt the WEP key in less than 10 minutes.