Horizons 1500WR Wireless 4-Port Router
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This chapter provides information on the Wizard Setup screens in the web Web Configuration Utility.
3.1 Wizard Setup Overview
The web Web Configuration Utility’s setup wizard helps you configure your 1500WR Wireless Router
for Internet access and set up wireless LAN.
3.1.1 Channel
The range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.1 lb wireless devices is called a “channel”.
Channels available depend on your geographical area. You may have a choice of channels (for
your region) so you should use a different channel than an adjacent AP (Wireless Router) to reduce
interference. Interference occurs when radio signals from different Wireless Routers overlap causing
interference and degrading performance.
Adjacent channels partially overlap however. To avoid interference due to overlap, your AP should be
on a channel at least five channels away from a channel that an adjacent AP is using. For example,
if your region has 11 channels and an adjacent AP is using channel 1, then you need to select a
channel between 6 or 11.
The 1500WR Wireless Router’s “Scan” function is especially designed to automatically scan for a
channel with the least interference.
3.1.2 ESS ID
An Extended Service Set (ESS) is a group of Wireless Routers or wireless gateways connected to
a wired LAN on the same subnet. An ESS ID uniquely identifies each set. All Wireless Routers or
wireless gateways and their associated wireless stations in the same set must have the same ESSID.
3.1.3 WEP Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless network.
WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless stations and the Wireless
Routers to keep network communications private. It encrypts unicast and multicast communications
in a network. Both the wireless stations and the Wireless Routers must use the same WEP key for
data encryption and decryption.
Chapter 3
Wizard Setup
