User guide

Plan Your Network and Configure Wireless Settings
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Verizon 4G LTE Broadband Router
Specify the following settings:
• Advanced Wi-Fi Settings:
- Enable Wi-Fi Router Radio
: Selected by default to turn on the wireless radio,
allowing the router to broadcast the Internet wirelessly. Turning off the wireless
radio can be helpful for configuration, network tuning, or troubleshooting.
- Enable SSID Broadcast: By default, the router is set to broadcast its Wi-Fi
network name.
- Enable WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) settings: WMM prioritizes wireless data packets
from different applications. For an application to receive the benefits of WMM,
both it and your computer
, smartphone, or tablet have to have WMM turned on.
- Fragmentation Length, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble Mode: Reserved
for Wi-Fi testing and advanced configuration.
• WPS Settings:
- Enable WPS Function: By default, this is checked.
- Router
’s PIN: The PIN number used for WPS.
- Disable Router’
s PIN: By default, this is inactive. When this is selected, this
feature allows the WPS computer, smartphone, or tablet to discover the router’s
PIN.
- Keep Existing Wi-Fi Settings: By default, this is inactive. When this feature is
selected, it allows the router to automatically generate the Wi-Fi network name
and security settings when it implements WPS.
Afterwards, the router
automatically selects Keep Existing Wi-Fi Settings so that your Wi-Fi network
name and security settings remain the same if other WPS-capable computers,
smartphones, or tablets are added later.
• W
i-Fi Card Access List: See
Restrict Connectivity by MAC Address on page 34.
Restrict Connectivity by MAC Address
You can increase your network security by allowing only computers you specify based on
their MAC address to connect to the router. This prevents unauthorized connections, but
does not prevent data sent over the Wi-Fi connection from being viewed.
Note: If you configure the router through a wireless connection, add your
computer’s MAC address to the Wi-Fi Card Access List. Otherwise,
you lose your wireless connection when you click Apply. Connect to
the router from a wired computer, or from a connection that is on the
Wi-Fi Card Access List, to make any further changes.