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Mode:
This option allows you to choose the radio standard for operation of your Router.
802.11b and 802.11g are old 2.4GHz mode, while 802.11n is the latest standard based on
faster Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) modulation. Here, by default,
the B, G, N Mode is selected, this mode offers better compatibility.
Wireless Network Name (SSID):
The name of the wireless network.
SSID Broadcast:
you can choose to enable or disable to broadcast your SSID.
Region:
this device supports 5 regions: USA, Canada, China, Japan and Europe. You can
choose one based on your position.
Channel:
This option provides selectable channel numbers.
Bandwidth:
This is the spectral width of the radio channel. Supported wireless channel
spectrum widths:
20MHz
is the standard channel spectrum width.
40MHz
is the channel spectrum with the width of 40MHz.
Authentication:
you can choose one encryption method for your wireless LAN.
5.3.2.1 WEP
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard and uses the RC4
encryption algorithm. Enabling WEP allows you to increase security by encryption data
being transferred over your wireless network. WEP is the oldest security algorithm, and
there are few applications that can decrypt the WEP key in less than 10 minutes.