AVM FRITZ!Box 3270 Installation, Configuration And Operation page 51

WLAN Standards
IEEE 802.11n
This standard allows for high throughput rates and ranges.
The FRITZ!Box supports 802.11n in the 2.4-GHz frequency
band, or, if desired, also in the 5-GHz frequency band. Modu-
lation processes and antenna techniques like MIMO (Multiple
Input, Multiple Output) use whichever frequency band is
available more effectively than the older standards.
The use of the 802.11n standard—and thus the availability
of higher throughput rates—is possible only if the WLAN con-
nection is secured using the WPA2 security mechanism (AES-
CCMP).
Thanks to compatibility with the 802.11g standard, you can
also continue to use older WLAN devices.
Setting the Right Standard in the FRITZ!Box
The throughput rate that can be achieved in your WLAN radio
network depends on the WLAN standards used by the inte-
grated WLAN devices. These WLAN standards must also be
set in the FRITZ!Box. Proceed as follows to check which WLAN
standards are set and change them if needed:
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Note the following for the configuration of this setting:
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Open the FRITZ!Box user interface.
Make sure that the expert mode is enabled in the "Sys-
tem / Expert Mode" menu.
Open the "WLAN / Radio Channel" menu and select "Ad-
just radio channel settings" to make the desired chang-
es.
In order to communicate with each other, the FRITZ!Box
and all WLAN devices must work in the same frequency
band.
The standard you configure in the FRITZ!Box must be
compatible with the standards of all WLAN devices used
in the WLAN.
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