Linksys EA6900 4A Manual De Propietario

Setting Up: Advanced

Linksys EA-Series

out of it. What should I check? Of the many reasons for owning a dual-band 

router, the most common is to ensure available bandwidth for streaming high-

definition video. At the same time, owners want to make sure that their video 

streams won’t be interrupted by other wireless network traffic. To get the most 

out of your dual-band router, you can:

 

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Upgrade your wireless clients

 

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Split your traffic

If you have network adapters that support only legacy wireless network 

standards such as 802.11b, you should consider upgrading them with 

Wireless-N (802.11n) network adapters. Wireless-B (802.11b) devices can slow 

your entire wireless network. For the best performance, all of your wireless 

devices should support Wireless-N. You can then select Wireless-N Only as your 

Network Mode below.

If you select Wireless-N Only, you may need to temporarily change 

your network settings to Mixed to provide access to guests without 

Wireless-N networking.

The best way to improve your multimedia wireless performance is to split your 

wireless traffic between your router’s two bands (ranges of radio frequencies). 

Your router supports the 2.4 GHz band and the 5 GHz band, and handles the 

two bands as two separate wireless networks to help manage the traffic.
The most common way to split wireless traffic is to use the 2.4 GHz band for 

basic Internet tasks such as web browsing, email, and downloads, and use 

the 5.0 GHz band for streaming multimedia. There are several reasons for this 

approach:

 

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Although the 2.4 GHz band may be more crowded with wireless traffic 

from your neighbors, it’s fine for basic Internet traffic that is not time-

sensitive (such as e-mail).

 

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Even though you are connected to your own wireless network, you are 

still sharing “air time” with nearby networks.

 

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The 5 GHz band is much less crowded than the 2.4 GHz band, so it’s ideal 

for streaming multimedia.

 

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The 5 GHz band has more available channels, so it is more likely that you 

will have your own, interference-free channel for your wireless network.

By default, your dual-band router uses the same network name on both the 

2.4 GHz band and the 5 GHz band. The easiest way to segment your traffic is to 

rename one of your wireless networks. With a separate, descriptive name, it will 

be easy to connect to the right network. 

To reconfigure your wireless network:
1.  Log into Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. (See “How to connect to Linksys Smart Wi-

2.  Under  Router Settings, click Wireless. The Wireless  page opens to the 

Wireless tab.

3.  Click Edit next to the network band you want to modify. Change any of 

the settings below:
a.  Enabled—Deselect this checkbox to disable the network band.
b.  Network name (SSID)—You can provide a unique SSID for each band 

of your wireless network. The name must not exceed 32 characters.

c.  Password—You can provide a unique password for each band of 

your wireless network.