Archer C55
AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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WAN MAC Address -
This field displays the current MAC address of the Internet port. If
your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address
into this field in
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
format (X is any hexadecimal digit).
Your PC's MAC Address -
This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing
the router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the
Clone MAC Address
button
and this MAC address will fill in the
WAN MAC Address
field.
Click
Restore Factory MAC
to restore the MAC address of Internet port to the factory default
value. Click the
Save
button to save your settings.
Note:
Only the PC on your LAN can use the
MAC Address Clone
function.
4.5 Dual Band Selection
Choose menu “
Dual Band Selection
”, and you can choose the working frequency for your router.
It is recommended that your computers and devices running video and voice applications use the
5GHz band, while your guest access and computers that are only browsing the web use the
2.4GHz band.
2.4GHz (802.11b/g/n) -
Click the box, and then the router will only work in 2.4GHz frequency.
You can use the 2.4GHz band to connect to many classic wireless devices like gaming
consoles, laptops, DVRs, etc.
5GHz (802.11a/n/ac) -
Click the box, and then the router will only work in 5GHz frequency.
This band is less crowded and is used for time-sensitive music, video streaming or gaming.
Using this band can avoid interference with 2.4GHz networks or noisy devices like cordless
phones and microwave ovens.
4.6 Wireless 2.4GHz
There are six submenus under the Wireless menu:
Basic Settings
,
WPS
,
Wireless Security
,
Wireless MAC Filtering
,
Wireless Advanced
and
Wireless Statistics
. Click any of them, and
you will be able to configure the corresponding functions.
