User Manual

Chapter 7: Configuring Your Wi-Fi Network

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Note: When Broadcast Network Name (SSID) is enabled, your SSID is visible and also

available to unauthorized Wi-Fi clients that are within range to connect to your home

network.

7. Select High, Medium, or Low for the Tx (Transmit) Power level of the Wi-Fi radio.

8. Select a channel number (Auto, 1 thru 11) from the Channel drop-down list to set the

Communications channel for your wireless gateway.

Note: For 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi networks, it is recommended to use Channel 1, 6, or 11, if it

is not listed as the Current Channel. In the Wi-Fi spectrum, there are multiple

channels that overlap and thus degrade Wi-Fi network performance. Channels 1, 6,

and 11 are used for better network performance and stability because they do not

overlap.

9. Select the AP Isolation checkbox to enable separate virtual networks for your Wi-Fi

clients.

- or -

Deselect the AP Isolation checkbox to disable separate virtual networks for your Wi-Fi

clients.

Note: When AP Isolation is enabled, each of your Wi-Fi clients will be in its own

virtual network and will not be able to communicate with the other Wi-Fi clients. This

may be useful if several guests are using your Wi-Fi network.

10. Select the Enable WMM checkbox to turn ON Wi-Fi Multi-media functionality.

Enabling WMM can help control latency and jitter when transmitting multi-media content

over a Wi-Fi connection. This quality of service mechanism uses four access categories:

 Voice

 Video

 Best effort

 Background

WMM ensures that applications with low tolerance for latency and jitter are treated with

higher priority than less sensitive data applications. WMM sets different wait times for the

above four categories in order to provide priority network access for applications that are

less tolerant of packet delays.

11. Select the WMM Power Save mode checkbox to set the more efficient power

management method.

-or-

Deselect the WMM Power Save mode checkbox to turn OFF the WMM Power Save mode.

12. Select one of the following Wi-Fi network security options for your wireless gateway from

the Security Mode drop-down list:

 Open (not secure): Network security is not set for your Wi-Fi network. This network

security option allows access to your Wi-Fi network without a Wi-Fi Security Key

(network password)