The
g
-restricted edge connectivity (
g
-REC) is an efficient index in evaluating the reliability and fault tolerance of large-scale processing systems. Assume that
G
=
V
,
E
is a simple connected graph and
F
⊆
E
. The
g
-REC of
G
, denoted by
λ
g
G
, is the minimum
F
such that
G
−
F
is disconnected and any component has at least
g
nodes. The
n
-dimensional wheel network
CW
n
, a kind of Cayley graph, possesses many desired features. In this paper, we establish that
λ
2
CW
n
is
4
n
−
6
for
n
≥
5
, and
CW
n
is
λ
2
-optimal.