30 | Chapter 2: Safeguarding Your Network
N150 Wireless Router User Manual
• Enable Wireless Router Radio. If you disable the wireless router radio, wireless
devices cannot connect to the WNR1000v3h2 router. If you will not be using your
wireless network for a period of time, you can clear this check box and disable all
wireless connectivity.
• Enable SSID Broadcast. Clear this check box to disable broadcast of the SSID, so
that only devices that know the correct SSID can connect. Disabling SSID broadcast
nullifies the wireless network discovery feature of some products such as Windows
XP.
• Enable WMM. Clear this check box to disable WMM. WMM (Wireless Multimedia), a
subset of the 802.11e standard, allows wireless traffic to have a range of priorities,
depending on the kind of data. Time-dependent information, like video or audio, will
have a higher priority than normal traffic. For WMM to function correctly, Wireless
clients must also support WMM.
• Fragmentation Threshold, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble Mode. The
Fragmentation Threshold, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble Mode options are
reserved for wireless testing and advanced configuration only. Do not change these
settings.
• WPS Settings. For information about these settings, see the section, Using Push 'N'
Connect (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) on page 30.
• Wireless Card Access List. For information about this list, see Restricting Wireless
Access by MAC Address on page 35.
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Using Push 'N' Connect (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)If your wireless clients support Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can use this feature to
configure the router’s network name (SSID) and security settings and, at the same time,
connect a wireless client securely and easily to the router. Look for the symbol on your
client device. WPS automatically configures the network name (SSID) and wireless security
settings for the router (if the router is in its default state) and broadcasts these settings to the
wireless client.
Note: NETGEAR’s Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the Wi-Fi
Protected Setup (WPS) standard (for more information, see
http://www.wi-fi.org). All other Wi-Fi-certified and WPS-capable
products should be compatible with NETGEAR products that
implement Push 'N' Connect.
When you add wireless clients, whether or not they are WPS enabled, the added devices
must share the same network name (SSID) and security passphrase. For more information,
see Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices after WPS Setup on page 34.