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Assigning Different Names to Wireless Networks in Parallel Operation
Assigning Different Names to Wireless Networks in
Parallel Operation
Although the FRITZ!Box you are using provides two
wireless radio networks in different frequency bands (2.4
and 5 GHz) at the same time, only one FRITZ!Box wireless
network is displayed in your WLAN control software (for
instance, in Microsoft WLAN Service WZC).
Possible Cause
Your WLAN control software differentiates between wire-
less radio networks on the basis of the radio network
name (SSID), not the frequency bands they occupy. But
upon delivery your FRITZ!Box has the same SSID config-
ured for both wireless networks.
Remedy
If you would like to select a frequency band directly (for IP-
TV, for instance), you must assign different names (SSIDs)
for the two available WLAN radio networks in the WLAN
settings of the FRITZ!Box.
To set the radio network name in the user interface, your
computer must be connected with the FRITZ!Box by net-
work cable or wirelessly. If your computer is connected via
WLAN, continue with Step 2 of the instructions below. In
this case, note that the existing WLAN connection must be
interrupted and then established again if you change the
name of the wireless network in the frequency band cur-
rently in use.
1. Connect the FRITZ!Box to a computer using a network
cable, as described in the section "Connecting Com-
puters to the LAN Port" on page 16.
2. Start a web browser.
3. Enter fritz.box
4. Open the "WLAN / Radio Network" menu and change
the name of the wireless network in either the "2.4-
GHz frequency band" or the "5-GHz frequency band"
section, for instance to "FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7390_
5GHz".
in the address field.
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