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The next step is to define the wireless network, which has to be done separately for 2,4 GHz and 5 GHz. First, choose WIRELESS and then 802.11b/g/n | Network. Enabling the 802.11b-standard will result in less available capacity on your network and therefore it is recommended to enable only the standards 802.11g and 802.11n. Enable 802.11g according to the figure shown below.  If you want to support also the 802.11-b standard, set _Mandatory for 1 Mbps and _Supported_ for all other data rates.


Next, switch to enable the standard 802.11a for 5 GHz by selecting 802.11a/n | Network. Configure the settings according to the figure below.


The only standard left to enable is the standard 802.11n. You can choose to enable it for either 2,4 GHz or 5 GHz. It has been suggested that 802.11n is enabled only on the 5 GHz band, in order to utilise the radio resources effectively, see the Campus Best Practice document on "WLAN network planning and setup" Chapter 6.3. http://www.terena.org/activities/campus-bp/pdf/gn3-na3-t4-wlan-network-planning.pdf. To enable 802.11n in the network select 802.11a/n | High throughput (802.11n)  and/or 802.11b/g/n | High throughput (802.11n) and configure the settings according to the figure below.


 
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