Purpose: View general settings for the wireless network.
Location: Gateways > (Selected Gateway) > WIRELESS > Wireless Settings > General Settings

Procedure

  1. View information for the following settings:
    • Wireless access point
      Displays whether wireless access is enabled. Enabling this settings enables the main wireless network. It does not enable the guest wireless network. However, this setting must be enabled before you can enable the guest wireless network. Default is enabled.
    • Country / Region
    • Frequency
      Cloud Edge supports 2.4 Ghz and 5.0 Ghz frequencies.
    • Enable SSID broadcast
      If enabled, the Cloud Edge gateway broadcasts the SSID so that nearby clients can see the main wireless network in the available wireless networks screen.
    • SSID
      Displays the SSID for the main wireless network.
    • Channel
    • Mode
      This setting applies to both the main and guest wireless network.
    • Security
      Displays the security setting for the main wireless network.
  2. View information for the following advanced settings:
    • DTIM interval (default)
    • Beacon interval
    • Short preamble
    • RTS threshold
    • Enable short GI
    • Transmit power
    Note
    Note
    DTIM interval, Beacon interval, and Transmit power are the only fields displayed if the network frequency is set to 5 GHz.