FRITZ WLAN 7360 v2 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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If your WLAN adapter supports WPA, but not WPA2:

•

Enable WPA encryption.

•

Select the WPA mode “WPA (TKIP)” or “WPA+WPA2”.

•

Replace the WPA network key with a new, unique value.

If your WLAN adapter supports neither the WPA nor the WPA2

mechanism:

•

Enable WEP encryption.

•

Replace the WLAN key with a new, unique value.

Wireless Network Name (SSID)

In the factory settings of the FRITZ!Box, the name of the wire-

less network (SSID) is set to “FRITZ!Box 7360”.

11.2

Guest Access: WLAN Connection for Guests

You can connect computers with the FRITZ!Box via WLAN so

that they can access the Internet without being integrated in

the home network of the FRITZ!Box. This function is called

“guest access”.

Your guests can use the guest access, for instance, to surf the

web with a notebook and to receive e-mail.

Prerequisites for Guest Access

The FRITZ!Box must be connected directly to the DSL line.

We strongly recommend the use of a WLAN device that sup-

ports WPA or WPA2. WEP is out of date and data encrypted

with WEP can be deciphered within minutes.

It may occur that an additional device with the same

FRITZ!Box network name is located in the vicinity of your

FRITZ!Box. Therefore we recommend changing the preset ra-

dio network name.

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Setting Up Night Service for WLAN

Guest Access Properties

•

The guest radio network is a separate radio network with

its own name (SSID). It is independent of the wireless

network of the FRITZ!Box that integrates computers in

the home network.

•

Computers connected via guest access are not part of

the home network.

•

The guest network is secured with its own network key.

This network key can be changed as desired without af-

fecting the computers in your home network.

Setting Up Guest Access in the FRITZ!Box

1.

Open the FRITZ!Box user interface.

2.

Make sure that the expert mode is enabled in the “Sys-

tem / Expert Mode” menu.

3.

Make sure that the wireless radio network (WLAN) is en-

abled in the “WLAN / Radio Network” menu.

4.

Select the “WLAN / Guest Access” and configure the

guest radio network. For more information, see the On-

line Help of the FRITZ!Box.

11.3

Setting Up Night Service for WLAN

In the FRITZ!Box you can set up night service for the WLAN ra-

dio network. Then the FRITZ!Box switches to hibernation at

specified times and turns off the radio network. This has the

following advantages:

•

reduced power consumption when idle

•

time-controlled Internet access: With night service you

can ensure that your children are only allowed to surf the

web until a certain time of day

Switching Night Service for WLAN On and Off

1.

Open the FRITZ!Box user interface (see

page 31

).

2.

Select the “System / Night Service” menu.

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3.

Enable the “Use schedule for WLAN radio network” op-

tion.

4.

Enable or disable the option “The radio network cannot

be switched off until no more WLAN devices are active”.

Option enabled: The radio network remains switched on

until all wireless connections between the FRITZ!Box and

other WLAN devices have been ended.

Option is disabled: The radio network is switched off im-

mediately at the start of the specified period.

5.

Define the days and times at which the FRITZ!Box WLAN

radio network should be switched off.

6.

Save your settings by clicking “Apply”.

Night service for WLAN is now enabled. To disable night ser-

vice, remove the checkmark in front of “Use schedule for

WLAN radio network” and click “Apply”.

Switching On WLAN during Night Service

The WLAN radio network of the FRITZ!Box can be switched

back on at any time during night service:

Press the WLAN button on the FRITZ!Box or enable the WLAN

radio network using a connected telephone (see

page 129

).

11.4

Increasing the Range of the WLAN Connection

The range of a WLAN radio network is influenced by various

external circumstances. The following factors have an espe-

cially strong influence on the distance over which your

FRITZ!Box can establish a stable, high-throughput wireless

connection:

•

the WLAN device used

•

structural conditions

•

the number of devices operating near the access point in

the same frequency range.

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Increasing the Range of the WLAN Connection

If needed, you can extend the range of your WLAN radio net-

work with a WLAN repeater, for instance with the

FRITZ!WLAN Repeater N/G or FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 300E from

AVM. A WLAN repeater is a supplementary device that is not

included in the FRITZ!Box package.

Instead of using a WLAN repeater, you can set up a Wireless

Distribution System. For this you need, in addition to the

FRITZ!Box, another WLAN access point that is configured as a

WDS repeater (see

page 64

).

Using the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater

With the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater N/G from AVM you can extend

the range of your WLAN radio network quickly and easily, for

instance to overcome structural conditions that are character-

ized by thick materials and heavy shielding. The

FRITZ!WLAN Repeater N/G supports all common WLAN stan-

dards, is especially easy to install and can be operated at any

230-V power outlet. For more information on the

FRITZ!WLAN Repeater N/G, see the web site at:

www.avm.de/en/Produkte/FRITZ_WLAN/FRITZ_WLAN_

Repeater_N_G

Setting Up a WDS

To use WDS (Wireless Distribution System) to increase the

range of your WLAN radio network, you need another WLAN

base station in addition to the FRITZ!Box. This can be a sec-

ond FRITZ!Box or any other WLAN base station that supports

WDS. The first WLAN base station then works as a WDS base

station and the second as a WDS repeater.

The WDS base station and WDS repeater are connected to

each other via WLAN. The WDS base station then can use the

WDS repeater to reach even computers that are outside its

own range, but within the range of the WDS repeater.

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WDS: Expanding the WLAN range using a WDS repeater

Note the following for WDS configuration:

•

All WLAN base stations implemented in the WDS must

support WDS and be configured for this technology.

•

All WLAN base stations implemented as repeaters in the

WDS must be located within the radio range of the WDS

base station.

•

The FRITZ!Box can function as a WDS base station to es-

tablish the Internet connection for other WDS repeaters,

or as a WDS repeater to expand the range of a WDS base

station.

•

All WDS connections between the WDS base station and

the WDS repeaters must be secured using the same en-

cryption (e.g. WPA/WPA2).

Note that the WPA2 encryp-

tion method is available only when your network con-

sists of AVM devices, since in the WLAN standard only

WEP encryption has been specified for WDS connec-

tions.

•

All WLAN base stations in the WDS must use the same

radio channel.

•

Every WLAN base station participating in the WDS fulfills

the tasks of a WLAN access point for its WLAN clients.

This means that the WLAN clients see each WLAN base

station with an individual name (SSID) and individual

encryption settings.

If you use the WLAN control software provided in

Windows 7, Windows Vista or by the Windows XP Ser-

vice Pack 2 on your WLAN clients, you can assign the

same SSID and the same encryption settings to different

FRITZ!Box (base station)

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