ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Wireless
VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide
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Click N e t w or k Se t t in g > W ir e le ss t o open t he Ge n e r a l screen.
Figure 29 Net work Set t ing > Wireless > General
The following t able describes t he general wireless LAN labels in t his screen.
Table 15 Net work Set t ing > Wireless > General
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Wir eless Net w or k Set up
Wir eless You can En a ble or D isa ble t he w ireless LAN in t his field.
Band This show s t he wireless band which t his radio profile is using. 2 .4 GH z is t he frequency used
by I EEE 802.11b/ g/ n w ir eless client s.
Channel Set t he channel depending on your part icular region.
Select a channel or use Au t o t o have t he Device aut om at ically det er m ine a channel t o use.
I f you are having problem s w it h w ireless int erference, changing t he channel m ay help. Try
t o use a channel t hat is as m any channels away from any channels used by neighboring APs
as possible. The channel num ber w hich t he Device is current ly using t hen displays next t o
t his field.
m or e.../ less Click m or e ... t o show m ore infor m at ion. Click le ss t o hide t hem .
Bandw idt h Select w het her t he Device uses a w ireless channel w idt h of 2 0 M H z or 4 0 M H z .
A st andar d 20MHz channel offer s t ransfer speeds of up t o 150Mbps w hereas a 40MHz
channel uses t w o st andard channels and offers speeds of up t o 300 Mbps.
40MHz ( channel bonding or dual channel) bonds t w o adj acent radio channels t o increase
t hroughput . The wireless client s m ust also support 40 MHz. I t is oft en bet t er t o use t he 20
MHz set t ing in a locat ion where t he environm ent hinders t he wireless signal.
Select 2 0 M H z if you want t o lessen radio int er fer ence w it h ot her w ireless devices in your
neighbor hood or t he w ir eless client s do not suppor t channel bonding.