Owner's 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.

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.”

Click the “WEP” radio button to activate WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 5.

security on the wireless network.

Select a WEP security level from the “select a WEP Key” drop-down list 6.

(options include “64/40 bit” or “128/104 bit”).