Frontier FiOS-G1100 - Chapter 3 Wireless Settings; Overview

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Chapter3 WirelessSettings
Wirelessnetworking enablesyou tofreeyourselffromwiresandplugs,makingyourdevices
more accessibleandeas ierto use .You cancreateawirelessnetwork,in clu di n gaccessing 
and configuringwirelesssecurityoptions.
Overview
YourGatewayprovidesyouwithwirelessconnectivityusingthe802.11b,g,n,orac
stand ard s. Theseare themostcommon wirelessstandards. 
802.11bhasamaximumdatarateof11Mbp s,802.11ghasamaximumdatarateof54
Mbps , 802.11nhasamaximumdatarateof450Mbps,and 802 .11 ac
hasamaximumdata
rateof1300Mbps.
802.11bandgstandardsoperateinthe2.4GHzrange.802.11noperatesinboththe2.4GHz
and 5 GHzranges.802.11acoperatesinthe 5GHzrange.
Note : 802.11bisalegacymodean d isnotrecommen ded.Evenone8 02.11 b
device
connectedtothenetworkwi llslowyourentirewirelessnetwork.
Thewirelessserviceandwirelesssecurityareactivatedbydefault.Thele velof se curityis 
presettoWPA2encryptionusingauniquedefaultWPA 2key(alsoreferre dtoas a
passphraseorpassword)pre‐configuredatthefactory.This information
isdisplayedona
stickerlocatedonthesideofyou rGate way.
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YourGatewayintegratesmult ip le layersofsecurity .Thes einclu deWiredEquivalentPrivacy
(WEP),Wi‐FiProtectedAccess(WPAand WPA2),andfirewall.