User's Manual

Chapter 5 Wireless
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int erference. I nt erference occurs when radio signals from different access point s overlap causing
int erference and degrading perform ance.
Adj acent channels part ially overlap however. To avoid interference due to overlap, your AP should
be on a channel at least five channels away from a channel t hat an adj acent AP is using. For
exam ple, if your region has 11 channels and an adj acent AP is using channel 1, t hen you need t o
select a channel bet ween 6 or 11.
5.1.3 Before You Begin
Before you start using t hese screens, ask yourself t he following quest ions. See Section 5.7 on page
57 if som e of t he t erm s used here do not m ake sense to you.
• What wireless st andards do the ot her wireless devices support ( I EEE 802.11g, for exam ple)?
What is t he m ost appropriat e standard to use?
• What security options do t he ot her wireless devices support ( WPA-PSK, for exam ple) ? What is
the best one t o use?
• Do t he ot her wireless devices support WPS ( Wi-Fi Prot ected Set up) ? I f so, you can set up a well-
secured network very easily.
Even if som e of your devices support WPS and som e do not , you can use WPS t o set up your
network and t hen add t he non-WPS devices m anually, although this is som ewhat m ore
com plicated to do.
• What advanced opt ions do you want t o configure, if any? I f you want t o configure advanced
options, ensure t hat you know precisely what you want t o do. I f you do not want t o configure
advanced opt ions, leave them alone.
5.2 The Wireless General Screen
Use t his screen to enable t he Wireless LAN, ent er the SSI D and select the wireless securit y m ode.
Not e: I f you are configur ing t he LTE Device from a com put er connect ed to t he wireless
LAN and you change t he LTE Device’s SSI D or security sett ings, you will lose your
wireless connection when you press Apply to confirm . You m ust then change t he
wireless set tings of your com put er t o m at ch t he LTE Device’s new sett ings.