Draytek Vigor2136 Series User Manual page 71

II-1-5 Wireless LAN
Wireless LAN enables high mobility so WLAN users can simultaneously access all LAN facilities just
like on a wired LAN as well as Internet access.
In recent years, the market for wireless communications has enjoyed tremendous growth. Wireless
technology now reaches virtually every location on earth. Billions of people exchange information
daily with wireless communication products. The Vigor2136 series of wireless routers (with "ax" in
the model name), designed with maximum flexibility and efficiency in mind, is ideal for use in a
small office or home. In a business environment, any authorized personnel can bring a
WLAN-equipped tablet, PDA or notebook into a meeting room and connect to the network without
drilling holes through walls or tearing up flooring to lay a clot of LAN cabling. Wireless networking
enables high mobility so WLAN users can access all LAN resources in the same manner just as they
would on a wired LAN, but without the cables.
The actual data throughput will vary according to the network conditions and environmental factors,
including volume of network traffic, network overhead and building materials.
In an Infrastructure Mode of wireless network, Vigor wireless router plays a role as an Access Point
(AP) connecting to lots of wireless clients or Stations (STA). All the STAs will share the same Internet
connection via Vigor wireless router. The wireless network settings, such as SSID, channels,
encryption protocol, can be configured in this section.
Multiple SSIDs
Vigor wireless routers support up to four SSIDs (Service Set Identifiers) per band for wireless
connections. A service set is a group of wireless network clients that have the same networking
parameters. Each service set can be configured to have a unique name (SSID) and specific VLAN or
MAC Filtering List, and can be used by different categories of users.
Real-time Hardware Encryption
Vigor wireless routers are equipped with a hardware AES encryption engine to provide the most
effective and efficient protection of wireless traffic, without sacrificing user experience.
Complete Security Standard Selection
To ensure the security and privacy of your wireless communication, we provide several prevailing
standards on market.
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