Motorola MG7550 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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If there are very few neighboring wireless devices in your location, you

should follow the rule of choosing a channel separated by 5 from all other

channels. For example, if there are two neighboring networks using channels

6 and 11, you should choose channel 1.

If there are many neighboring networks, you may find that most use

channels 1, 6 and 11. In that case, you may find you achieve better

performance by choosing an unused channel between the most-used

channels, for example one of channels 3, 4, 8 or 9. You may need to

experiment to find the best channel. Note good candidate channels to use

for your network. Then, navigate to the Wireless Basic page.

For the 5 GHz band:

Look at the Channel column. This shows the channels that your neighboring

networks use. Available channels include 36 – 48 and 149 – 165. Some

channels from 52 – 144 may also be available; however, these channels may

be allocated to uses including weather RADAR and other government

sanctioned applications.

As of this writing (spring of 2016) it is unusual for the 5 GHz band to be

crowded. If it is crowded in your location, choose a channel or channels that

are unused or little used by neighbors. Then, navigate to the Wireless Basic

page.

Hover over the Wireless menu item to bring the Wireless submenu options

into view, then click the Basic submenu option. This brings you to the

Wireless Basic page:

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Select the tab for the band you want to change. Then select the desired

channel from the Channel pulldown, and click Save. Wait for a minute or so

for client devices to resynchronize to the new channel.

Check to see whether wireless performance has improved. If not, you can try

another channel selection.

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Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)

Another possible way to improve performance is to change Wi-Fi Multimedia

(WMM) settings. From the Wireless menu, click the WMM submenu:

WMM is designed to provide Quality of Service (QoS) support for traffic on

your network. In some environments, this may result in suboptimal wireless

performance. You can turn WMM Off and see if that improves performance

in your network. Select the tab for the band you are experiencing

suboptimal performance with. Then select Off and click Save.

Power Save Support is designed to support client devices with the Power

Save feature. The Power Save feature extends battery life by reducing power

consumption. However, sometimes this feature results in suboptimal

wireless performance. You can turn Power Save Support Off and see if that

improves performance in your network. Select the tab for the band you are

experiencing suboptimal performance with. Then select Off and click Save.

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Parental Control

Parental Control lets you limit access to the Internet from particular devices

on your network. For a device like a child’s computer or tablet, you can

create lists of websites that the device is allowed to visit, blocking all others

(whitelists). Alternatively, you can create lists of websites that the device may

not visit, allowing all others (blacklists). You can also set times where Internet

access is allowed and not allowed.

To make Parental Control settings, go to the Protection

Æ

Parental Control

section of the Configuration Manager. First log into the Configuration

Manager as described in chapter 6. In summary, you type

192.168.0.1

in the

address bar of your browser, go to that address, enter the Username

admin

and Password

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, then click the Login button.

This will bring you to the Basic Status and Settings page. Click the Advanced

button in the upper right. This will bring you to the Status

Æ

Software page.

Hover over the Protection & Parental Control menu item, and select the

Parental Control submenu:

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Note that Parental Control is Disabled

by default. You should leave it

disabled until you have set up all desired Whitelists and Blacklists. Enable

Parental Control once the Whitelist and Blacklist settings are complete.

Select Enable, and then Save.

If you need to modify the Whitelists or Blacklists, first Disable Parental

Control and Save. Then, Enable Parental Control when the changes are

complete, and Save again.

To set up either a whitelist or a blacklist, you will need to first find the MAC

Address of the device you want to control. On some devices, this may be

found on a label. On others, there may be a way to query the device to

display this. Check your user documentation for that device.

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