Hitron CGN2 - CGN2 Wireless Settings; Wireless Overview and Basics

Version 2.0, February 2012. Copyright 2012 Hitron Technologies
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HITRON CGN2 USER’S GUIDE
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WIRELESS
This chapter describes the screens that display when you click Wireless in the
toolbar. It contains the following sections:
 Wireless Overview on page 83
 The Setup Screen on page 86
 The Access Control Screen on page 93
 The Advanced Screen on page 95
6.1 WIRELESS OVERVIEW
This section describes some of the concepts related to the Wireless screens.
6.1.1 WIRELESS NETWORKING BASICS
Your CGN2’s wireless network is part of the Local Area Network (LAN), known as the
Wireless LAN (WLAN). The WLAN is a network of radio links between the CGN2 and
the other computers and devices that connect to it.
6.1.2 ARCHITECTURE
The wireless network consists of two types of device: access points (APs) and
clients.
 The access point controls the network, providing a wireless connection to each
client.