Specifications

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Setting the Right WLAN Standard in the FRITZ!Box
IEEE 802.11n This standard allows for high throughput rates and rang-
es. The FRITZ!Box supports 802.11n in the 2.4-GHz fre-
quency band, or, if desired, also in the 5-GHz frequency
band. Modulation processes and antenna techniques like
MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) use the entire fre-
quency band available more effectively than the older
standards.
Combining this standard with the 802.11g ensures com-
patibility with older WLAN adapters.
Setting the Right WLAN Standard in the FRITZ!Box
The throughput rate that can be achieved in your WLAN ra-
dio network depends on the WLAN standards used by the
integrated WLAN adapters. These WLAN standards must
also be set in the FRITZ!Box. Proceed as follows to check
which WLAN standards are set and change them if need-
ed:
1. Start a web browser.
2. Open the FRITZ!Box user interface by entering
fritz.box
.
3. Make sure that the expert setting is enabled in the
“System / Expert Mode” menu.
4. Open “WLAN / Radio Channel”.
5. Enable the “Adjust radio channel settings” option.
6. Select the desired standard for the 2.4-GHz frequen-
cy band in the “WLAN Standard” list. For the 5-GHz
frequency band the “802.11a+n”setting is preconfig-
ured.
The use of the 802.11n standard—and thus the availabili-
ty of higher throughput rates—is possible only if the
WLAN connection is secured using the WPA2 security
mechanism (AES-CCMP).
Note the following for the configuration of this setting:
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