Wireless N300 Home Router
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Chapter 4 Wireless Settings
4.1 Wireless Basic Settings
Here you can expand your wireless coverage with the following modes: Wireless AP
(default mode) and WDS.
1.
Wireless Access Point (AP)
: Select this mode if you want to convert an existing
wired network to a wireless network so as to extend Internet access to wireless
clients.
2.
WDS Bridge Mode:
wireless distribution system (WDS) is a system enabling the
wireless interconnection of access points in an IEEE 802.11 network. It allows a
wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the
traditional requirement for a wired backbone to link them. Select this mode if you
want to extend an existing wireless network. The two modes are described as
below:
4.1.1 Wireless AP Mode
1.
SSID:
This is the public name of your wireless network. The default is
Link_One_XXXXXX. XXXXXX is the last six characters in the device's MAC
address. It is recommended that you change it for better security and
identification.
2.
Channel:
Select a channel that is the least used by neighboring networks from
the drop-down list or
Auto
. Channels 1, 6 and 11 are recommended.
3.
OK
: Click to save your settings.
Note:
1.
It is advisable to keep other items unchanged from factory default settings. For
