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Wireless Network | Name (SSID) |
| The SSID is also known as the wireless network name. |
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| Enter a |
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| characters are case sensitive. |
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| In a setting where there is more than one wireless |
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| network, different wireless network names provide a |
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| means for separating the traffic. Any device you want to |
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| participate in a wireless network must use the SSID. |
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| Channel |
| The wireless channel used by the gateway. The default is |
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| channel 11. |
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| You should not need to change the wireless channel |
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| unless you experience interference (shown by lost |
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| connections and/or slow data transfers). Should this |
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| happen, you may need to experiment with different |
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| channels to see which is the best. |
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Wireless Access | Enable Wireless Access |
| On by default, you can also turn off the wireless radio to |
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| disable access through this device. This can be helpful |
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| for configuration, network tuning, or troubleshooting |
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| activities. |
| Allow Broadcast Name |
| On by default, the gateway broadcasts its SSID, allowing |
| (SSID) |
| wireless stations which have a “null” (blank) SSID to |
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| adopt the correct SSID. The default SSID is NETGEAR. |
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| If you disable broadcast of the SSID, only devices that |
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| have the correct SSID can connect. This nullifies the |
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| wireless network “discovery” feature of some products |
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| such as Windows XP, but the data is still fully exposed to |
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| a determined snoop using specialized test equipment |
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| like wireless sniffers. For this reason NETGEAR |
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| recommends that you also enable wireless security. |
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Wireless Card | Turn Access Control On |
| Access control is disabled by default so that any |
Access List |
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| computer that is configured with the correct SSID can |
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| connect. For information about access control, see |
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| “Turning on Access Control to Restrict Access by MAC |
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| Address” on page |
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Security Options | Disable |
| Wireless security is disabled by default. After the |
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| gateway is connected to the Internet, NETGEAR strongly |
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| recommends that you implement wireless security. |
Wireless Configuration |
