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WLAN Radio Network Name (SSID)
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Frequency Range
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FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170 – 7 WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
To configure the best security settings possible with
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN and your WLAN adapter, please note the
following recommendations:
If your WLAN adapter supports WPA2 (i.e., it supports
the 802.11i standard):
Select the WPA mechanism and the AES encryption pro-
cedure.
If your WLAN adapter supports the WPA mechanism,
but not the WPA2 mechanism:
Select the WPA mechanism and the TKIP encryption
method, and replace the WPA network key preconfig-
ured in FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN with your own key value.
If your WLAN adapter supports neither the WPA nor the
WPA2 mechanism:
Select the WEP mechanism.
We strongly recommend the use of a WLAN adapter that sup-
ports WPA or WPA2 (for instance, the AVM FRITZ!WLAN USB
Stick). WEP is out of date and data encrypted with WEP can
be deciphered within a few hours.
WLAN Radio Network Name (SSID)
The factory settings of FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN include a value of
"FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170" preset for the SSID (Service Set
Identifier). Change the SSID as soon as possible.
WLAN uses the frequency range around 2.4 GHz in the ISM
band. WLAN thus works in the high-frequency range, like
Bluetooth. Microwave devices and cordless telephones use
this range as well. This means that interference may occur
within WLANs operated in the vicinity of such devices. Gener-
ally the only adverse effects are to the transmission rate;
aborted connections and data losses are rare.
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