Wireless Cable Voice Gateway CG3000/CG3100 User Manual

 

 

 

Table 2-1. Wireless Settings

 

 

 

 

Settings

 

Description

 

 

 

Wireless Network

Name (SSID)

The SSID is also known as the wireless network name.

 

 

Enter a 32-character (maximum) name in this field. The

 

 

characters are case sensitive.

 

 

In a setting where there is more than one wireless

 

 

network, different wireless network names provide a

 

 

means for separating the traffic. Any device you want to

 

 

participate in a wireless network must use the SSID.

 

 

 

 

Control Channel

The wireless channel used by the gateway. The default is

 

 

channel 11.

 

 

You should not need to change the wireless channel

 

 

unless you experience interference (shown by lost

 

 

connections and/or slow data transfers). Should this

 

 

happen, you might need to try different channels to see

 

 

which is the best.

 

 

 

 

802.11 Mode

Select the desired wireless mode. The options are:

 

 

• Auto

 

 

• b & g only. Only 802.11g and 802.11b wireless stations

 

 

can be used.

 

 

• g only. Only 802.11g wireless stations can be used.

 

 

• b only. Only 802.11b wireless stations can be used.

Wireless Access

Enable Wireless Access

On by default, you can also turn off the wireless radio to

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Point

disable access through this device. This can be helpful

 

 

for configuration, network tuning, or troubleshooting

 

 

activities.

 

 

 

 

Allow Broadcast Name

On by default, the gateway broadcasts its SSID, allowing

 

(SSID)

wireless stations which have a “null” (blank) SSID to

 

 

adopt the correct SSID. The default SSID is NETGEAR.

 

 

If you disable broadcast of the SSID, only devices that

 

 

have the correct SSID can connect. This nullifies the

 

 

wireless network “discovery” feature of some products

 

 

such as Windows XP, but the data is still fully exposed to

 

 

a determined snoop using specialized test equipment

 

 

like wireless sniffers. For this reason NETGEAR

 

 

recommends that you also enable wireless security.

 

 

 

Wireless Configuration

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CG3000, CG3100 specifications

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