TRENDnet TEW-823DRU User's Guide - Page 13

TRENDnet User's Guide Internet: The Internet icon displays green to indicate that your router has successfully established an Internet connection. The Internet icon displays orange to indicate that a physical connection has been established on the Internet port of the router but with no successful Internet connection has been established. The Internet icon displays red to indicate that the Internet is physically disconnected. Guest Network: The Guest Network icon displays orange to indicate that there are no wireless guest networks currently enabled. The Guest Network icon will display green to indicate that you have at least one wireless guest network currently enabled. USB: The USB icon displays orange to indicate that there are no USB devices connect to the USB port(s). The USB icon displays green to indicate that are USB devices connected to the USB port(s). Wireless: The wireless icon displays green to indicate that wireless is enabled on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. The wireless icon displays orange to indicate that only wireless band is enabled (2.4GHz or 5GHz). The wireless icon will display red to indicate that wireless is disabled on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. Wireless Security: The wireless security section will display the current security settings configured for your wireless networks. It is strongly recommended to enable security on your wireless networks. Connected Devices: The connected devices section displays the list of network devices currently connected to your router. TEW-823DRU Wireless Settings Basic > Wireless (2.4GHz or 5GHz) This section outlines available management options under basic wireless sub tab for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless sections. You can refer to the page 15 Wireless Networking & Security to configure your wireless security settings. 1. Log into your router management page (see "Access your router management page" on page 9). 2. Click on Wireless and click on Basic scroll down to Wireless Network Settings (2.4GHz or 5GHz) 3. To save changes to this section, click Apply when finished. • Radio On/Off - Click the radio on/off button to enable/disable the wireless radio. Note: It is recommended to keep wireless radios enabled. New Schedule - The schedule function allows you to define a schedule when the wireless should be turned on. To define a new schedule, click New Schedule and refer to page 33 " Create Schedules". After you have created a new schedule, click the drop-down list and the new schedule will be available for selection. Note: Before applying scheduling, please ensure your Time settings are configured correct and you have defined a schedule. See page 32 to configure Time Settings and see page 33 " Create Schedules" to create a schedule. Wireless Mode: When applying the Wireless Mode setting, please keep in mind the following: • Wireless devices that support 802.11n are backwards compatible and can connect wirelessly at 802.11g or 802.11b. • Wireless devices that support 802.11ac are backwards compatible and can connect wirelessly at 802.11n or 802.11a. • Connecting at 802.11b or 802.11g will limit the capability of your 802.11n supported wireless devices from obtaining higher performance and data rates. • Connecting at 802.11a or 802.11n will limit the capability of your 802.11ac supported wireless devices from obtaining higher performance and data rates. • Allowing 802.11b or 802.11g devices to connect to an 802.11n capable wireless network may degrade the wireless network performance below the higher performance and data rates of 802.11n. © Copyright 2014 TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved. 10