NETGEAR MR814 v3 manual Advanced Wireless Settings menu

Reference Manual for the MR814 v3 Cable/DSL Wireless Router

Advanced Wireless Settings

To configure the advanced wireless settings of your firewall, click the Wireless Setup link in the Advanced section of the main menu of the browser interface. The Wireless Settings menu will appear, as shown below.

Figure 4-3: Advanced Wireless Settings menu

•Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID). If you disable broadcast of the SSID, only devices that have the correct SSID can connect. Disabling SSID broadcast nullifies the wireless network ‘discovery’ feature of some products such as Windows XP.

•Enable Wireless Access Point. If you disable the wireless access point, wireless devices cannot connect to the MR814 v3.

•Wireless Card Access List. When the Trusted PCs Only radio button is selected, the MR814 v3 checks the MAC address of the wireless station and only allows connections to computers identified on the trusted computers list.

4-6 Wireless Configuration

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