N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500
Guest Networks
Adding a guest network allows visitors at your home to use the Internet without giving them your wireless security key. You can add a guest network to each wireless network: 2.4 GHz b/g/n and 5.0 GHz a/n.
To set up a guest network:
1. Select Basic > Guest Network to display the following screen:
2.For a 5 GHz network, scroll down to view that section of the Guest Network screen.
3.Select any of the following wireless settings:
Enable Guest Network. When this check box is selected, the guest network is enabled, and guests can connect to your network using the SSID of this profile.
Enable Wireless Isolation. If this check box is selected, then wireless clients (computers or wireless devices) that join the network can use the Internet, but cannot access each other or access Ethernet devices on the network.
Enable SSID Broadcast. If this check box is selected, the wireless access point broadcasts its name (SSID) to all wireless stations. Stations with no SSID can adopt the correct SSID for connections to this access point.
Allow guest to access My Local Network. If this check box is selected, any user who connects to this SSID has access to your local network, not just Internet access.
4.Give the guest network a name.
The guest network name is
5.Select a security option from the list. The security options are described in Guest Network Wireless Security Options on page 27.
6.Click Apply to save your selections.
NETGEAR genie Basic Settings
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