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RangeMax Next Wireless Router WNR834B Reference Manual
• Name (SSID). The SSID is also known as the wireless network name. Enter a value of up to
32 alphanumeric characters. In a setting where there is more than one wireless network,
different wireless network names provide a means for separating the traffic. Any device you
want to participate in a particular wireless network will need to use this SSID for that network.
The WNR834B default SSID is: NETGEAR.
• Region. This field identifies the region where the WNR834B can be used. It may not be legal
to operate the wireless features of the wireless router in a region other than one of those
identified in this field.
Note: The region selection feature may not be available in all countries.
• Channel. This field determines which operating frequency is used. It should not be necessary
to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby
access point. For more information on the wireless channel frequencies, see
Communications" in Appendix
• Mode. This field determines which data communications protocol is used. You can select "g
only", "g and b", "Up To 130 Mbps", and "Up To 270 MBps". The "g only" option dedicates
the WNR834B to communicating with the higher bandwidth 802.11g wireless devices
exclusively. The "g and b" mode provides backward compatibility with the slower 802.11b
wireless devices while still enabling 802.11g communications. The "Up to 130 Mbps" mode
provides two transmission streams with different data on the same channel at the same time.
The "Up to 270 Mbps" uses channel expansion to achieve the 270 Mbps data rate. The
WNR834B router will use the channel you selected as the primary channel and expand to the
secondary channel (primary channel +4 or -4) to achieve a 40MHz frame-by-frame bandwidth.
The WNR834B router will detect channel usage and will disable frame-by-frame expansion if
the expansion would result in interference with the data transmission of other access points or
clients.
Note: The maximum wireless signal rate is derived from the IEEE Standard 802.11
Specifications. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and
environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, building materials
and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate.
• Security Options. These options are the wireless security features you can enable. The table
below identifies the various basic wireless security options. A full explanation of these
standards is available in
4-4
B.
"Wireless Communications" in Appendix
v1.0, April 2006
"Wireless
B.
Wireless Configuration