NETGEAR Wireless-N Router User Manual

4.Click Apply to save your settings.

Viewing Advanced Wireless Settings

This section describes the wireless settings that you can view and specify in the Advanced Wireless Settings screen, which you access under Advanced in the main menu.

To configure the advanced wireless security settings of your router:

1.Log in to the router as described in “Logging In To Your Wireless Router” on page 1-2.

2.Select Wireless Settings under Advanced in the main menu. The advanced Wireless Settings screen displays

Figure 2-5

The available settings in this screen are:

Enable Wireless Router Radio. If you disable the wireless router radio, wireless devices cannot connect to the WNR2000 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.

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Safeguarding Your Network

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NETGEAR WNR2000 user manual Viewing Advanced Wireless Settings