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Transmission Rate:

Hide Wireless

Network:

Wireless Security

Mode:

Select the transmission rate.

It is strongly suggested to select Best (Auto) for best performance

Check this box if you would like to hide any access point for your router, so a station cannot obtain the SSID through passive

scanning.

This device is equipped with 802.1X and WPA/WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access), the latest security standard. Before selecting

security mode, consider your network size, complexity and existing authentication infrastructure in order to determine

which solution is best.

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Local Network

You can configure the DSL Modem IP address and Subnet Mask for the LAN interface. This section is optional and you do not need to change any

of the settings here to get your network up and running.

Click the

Apply

button to save the LAN configuration data.

The router will

automatically reboot to apply the new configuration.

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Time and Date

The Time Configuration option allows you to configure, update, and maintain the correct time on the internal system clock. In this section, you

can set the time zone that you are in and set the

NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server

.

Daylight Saving can also be configured to automatically

adjust the time when needed.

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Advanced Wireless

You may use this section to manage your wireless settings.

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Advanced Settings

You can select a particular channel on which to operate, force the transmission rate to a particular speed, set the fragmentation threshold, set the

RTS threshold, set the wake-up interval for clients in power-save mode, set the beacon interval

for the access point, set XPress mode and set short or long preambles.

Band:

Channel:

Auto Channel

Timer:

54g

™

Rate:

Multicast Rate:

Basic Rate:

Guest Wireless:

Select 802.11b/g using wireless frequency band range. The radio frequency

remains at 2.437 GHz.

Fill in the appropriate channel to correspond with your network settings. All

devices in your wireless network must use the same channel in order to work

correctly. This router supports auto channeling functionality.

Specifies the auto channelling timing.

Select the transmission rate for the network. The rate of data transmission

should be set depending on the speed of your wireless network. You can select

from a range of transmission speeds, or you can select Auto to have the Router

automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the Auto-Fallback

feature. Auto-Fallback will negotiate the best possible connection speed

between the Router and a wireless client. The default value is Auto.

Select the multicast transmission rate for the network. The rate of data

transmission should be set depending on the speed of your wireless network.

You can select from a range of transmission speeds, or you can select Auto to

have the Router automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the

Auto-Fallback feature. Auto-Fallback will negotiate the best possible connection

speed between the Router and a wireless client. The default value is Auto.

Select the basic transmission rate ability for the access point.

Allows you to create a temporary zone that can be used by guests to access the

internet. This zone will be separate from

your main wireless network.