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200M Powerline Wireless N Extender

PL-510W

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11b/g/n mixed mode:

Select it if you have Wireless-B, Wireless-G

and Wireless-N clients concurrently present in your wireless network.

SSID

A SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the unique name of a wireless
network. This field is configurable.

SSID Broadcast

Select “Enable”/“Disable” to make your wireless network visible/
invisible to any wireless clients within coverage when they perform a
scan to see what’s available. By default, it is enabled. When disabled,
this SSID becomes invisible to any wireless clients within the
coverage. Manually enter the SSID if you want to connect to it.

Channel

For an optimal wireless performance, you may select the least
interferential channel. It is advisable that you select an unused
channel or “Auto” to let device detect and select the best possible
channel for your wireless network to operate on from the drop-down
list.

Channel Bandwidth

Select a proper channel bandwidth to enhance wireless performance.
When there are 11b/g and 11n wireless clients, please select the
802.11n mode of 20/40M, when there are only non-11n wireless
clients, select 20M frequency band mode; when the wireless network
mode is 11n mode, please select 20/40 frequency band to boost its
throughput.

Extension Channel

Available only in 11b/g/n mixed mode.

WMM-Capable

WMM is QoS for your wireless network. Enabling this option may
better stream wireless multimedia data (such as video or audio).

ASPD Capable

Select to enable/disable the auto power saving mode on WMM. By
default, this option is disabled.

5.2 Wireless Security

This section allows you to encrypt your wireless network to block unauthorized
accesses and malicious packet sniffing.
The Device provides multiple security modes: WEP (Open and Shared), WPA-PSK,
WPA2-PSK and Mixed WPA/WPA2-PSK.