User manual

Setting Up a Wireless Network

3.4 Basic Security Settings

To configure the FiOS Router’s wireless network for basic security, select “Basic

Security Settings” from the menu on the left side of any Wireless Settings screen.

The “Basic Security Settings” screen appears.

Note: The FiOS Router’s default wireless security is WPA2. This section explains

how to activate WEP wireless security, which is a less robust security than WPA2.

To set up WPA2 wireless security, see “WPA2” on page 37.

Click the “On” radio button to activate the FiOS Router’s wireless radio.1.

Enter the name of the wireless network in the “SSID” text box (the SSID name 2.

in the figure above is an example; enter a different name for the SSID).

Select the channel at which the FiOS Router’s wireless radio communicates 3.

by selecting it from the “Channel” drop-down list.

To preserve the channel selection in the event of a FiOS Router power cycle, 4.

click in the box next to “Keep my channel selection during power cycle.”