Access point page

Wi-Fi enabled devices can connect to the router’s wireless access point and connect to the internet using the router’s Wi-Fi network connection and / or cellular network wireless connections.

The router’s wireless access point can be enabled and disabled using the toggle switch at the top of the page.

When enabled, the following router wireless access point settings can be configured:

• Access pointSettingsAccess point name (SSID) — This is the name of the Wi-Fi network that will be displayed on devices when connecting to the router’s Wi-Fi network.

• Password — The password that will need to be entered on devices when setting up their Wi-Fi connection to the router.

• Preferred Wi-Fi channel — Allows you to select your preferred Wi-Fi channel. Interference can occur in areas where many Wi–Fi networks are using the same channel. Moving to a less-used channel should eliminate this interference.

• Channel width — Allows you to switch between Single channel (20 MHz) 144 Mb and Dual channel (40 MHz) 300 Mb channel width. Dual channel provides faster speed, however in areas where there is wireless channel congestion, a single channel may reduce interference.

• Encryption type — Allows selection of the type of encryption to be used to secure Wi-Fi communications. WPA2–PSA is the default and recommended encryption type.

  Note

  Changing the Encryption type to No encryption is NOT recommended, as any Wi-Fi devices within range will be able to connect to the router.

If you change any of the default settings, ensure that you select Save at the top of the page to keep the changes.