channel in order to be on the wireless network. Think of the access point channel
as a radio station and each computer as a car radio. Once it’s on the correct
channel you’ll be part of the wireless community. Choose a channel for the
XRouter Aero and establish this as the only channel for all wireless stations.
The channel corresponds to frequency at which the Access Point will operate. As
you should not have two DHCP Servers on the same network, you should also not
have to Access Points operating at the same frequency. With multiple Access
Points operating in close proximity, each with a different channel or frequency, an
overlapping effect of wireless communities will occur much like that of the Olympic
Rings so that wireless roaming will be permissible.
The ESSID and channel are absolutely essential in allowing for wireless
connectivity on the network. The ESSID and Channel that you choose here must
be mirrored in the settings on each computer that you want to join the wireless
community.
There are total of 14 channels to choose from, and each country defines its
allowable channels in the frequency range of 2412-2484Mhz. (See the table
below.)
Channel Frequency
Range (Mhz)
FCC
(U.S. Canada)
ETSI
Europe
France
MKK
Japan
Spain
1 2412
X X
2 2417
X X
3 2422
X X
4 2427
X X
5 2432
X X
6 2437
X X
7 2442
X X
8 2447
X X
9 2452
X X
10 2457
X X
X
X
11 2462
X X
X
X
12 2467
X
X
13 2472
X
X
14 2484
X
Table 2
RTS Threshold:
CSMA/CA + ACK is activated through this feature. We suggest
using the default setting, although minor modifications to this value may improve
data transfer errors.
