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Chapter 14 Wireless
Basic Home Station VDSL2 P8701T User’s Guide
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14.1.2 What You Need to Know
Wireless Basics
“Wireless” is essentially radio communication. In the same way that walkie-talkie radios send and
receive information over the airwaves, wireless networking devices exchange information with one
another. A wireless networking device is just like a radio that lets your computer exchange
information with radios attached to other computers. Like walkie-talkies, most wireless networking
devices operate at radio frequency bands that are open to the public and do not require a license to
use. However, wireless networking is different from that of most traditional radio communications in
that there a number of wireless networking standards available with different methods of data
encryption.
Finding Out More
See Section 14.7 on page 184 for advanced technical information on wireless networks.
14.2 The Basic Screen
Use this screen to enable the Wireless LAN, enter the SSID and select the wireless security mode.
Note: If you configure the VDSL Router from a computer connected to the wireless LAN
and you change the VDSL Router’s SSID, channel or security settings, you lose
your wireless connection when you click Apply/Save. Change the computer’s
wireless settings to match the VDSL Router’s new settings.
Click Wireless network > Classic configuration > Wireless to open the Basic screen.
Figure 74
Wireless: Basic