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Wireless Network Name (SSID)
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If your WLAN adapter supports neither the WPA nor
the WPA2 mechanism:
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Enable WEP encryption.
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Replace the WLAN key with a new, unique value.
Wireless Network Name (SSID)
In the factory settings of the FRITZ!Box, the name of the
wireless network (SSID) is set to “FRITZ!Box Fon
WLAN 7340”.
2.3
Frequency Ranges
WLAN uses the frequency bands at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz as
its transmission range.
With the FRITZ!Box you can establish WLAN connections in
either the 2.4-GHz or the 5-GHz frequency band.
2.4-GHz Frequency
Band
In the 2.4-GHz frequency band WLAN works in the same
range as Bluetooth, microwave devices and various other
devices like radio-controlled toys, garage-door openers
and video bridges. This means that interference may occur
within WLANs operated in the vicinity of such devices.
Generally this has adverse effects on the transmission
rate, including aborted connections.
In the 2.4-GHz frequency band the European regulation
authorities have designated 13 channels for WLAN. A
channel can have a bandwidth of 20 MHz (throughput up
to 130 Mbit/s) or 40 MHz (throughput of up to
300 Mbit/s).
We strongly recommend the use of a WLAN adapter that
supports WPA or WPA2 (for instance, the AVM
FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N). WEP is out of date and data en-
crypted with WEP can be deciphered within minutes.
It may occur that an additional device with the same net-
work name is located in the vicinity of your FRITZ!Box
.
To
rule out this possibility, we recommend changing the pre-
set SSID to a name of your choice.
