DG834GUv5 Wireless Router with
Table 2-1. Wireless Settings
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| Wireless | Name (SSID) | The SSID is also known as the wireless network name. |
| Network |
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| field is |
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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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| Region | The location where the Product Family is used. |
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| Channel | The wireless channel used by the gateway. The default |
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| is Channel 6. |
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| Do not change the wireless channel unless you |
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| experience interference (shown by lost connections or |
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| slow data transfers). If this happens, you might need to |
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| experiment with different channels to see which is the |
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| best. |
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| Mode | The default is g & b, which allows both 802.11g and |
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| 802.11b wireless stations access. Note that in b only |
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| mode, 802.11g wireless stations can connect if they |
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| can operate in 802.11b mode. |
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| Wireless Access | Enable Wireless Access | Selected by default, this setting enables the wireless |
| Point | Point | radio, which allows the modem router to work as a |
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| wireless access point. |
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| Turning off the wireless radio can be helpful for |
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| configuration, network tuning, or troubleshooting. |
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| Allow Broadcast Name | Selected by default, the modem router broadcasts its |
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| (SSID) | SSID, allowing wireless stations that have a null (blank) |
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| SSID to adopt the correct SSID. If you disable |
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| broadcast of the SSID, only devices with the correct |
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| SSID can connect. This nullifies the wireless network |
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| discovery feature of products such as Windows XP, but |
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| the data is still exposed to equipment like wireless |
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| sniffers. For this reason NETGEAR recommends that |
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| you also enable wireless security. |
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| Wireless Isolation | This feature is disabled by default. If it is enabled, |
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| wireless stations cannot communicate with each other |
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| or with stations on the wired network. |
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| Wireless Station | Turn Access Control On | Access control is disabled by default so that any |
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| computer configured with the correct SSID can |
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| connect. See “Restricting Access by MAC Address”. |
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| Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings | ||
