Viewing Wireless Network General Settings

Purpose: View general settings for the wireless network.

Location: Gateways > (Selected Gateway) > WIRELESS > Wireless Settings > General Settings

  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:

    DTIM interval, Beacon interval, and Transmit power are the only fields displayed if the network frequency is set to 5 GHz.

Parent topic: Viewing Wireless Network Information